China 10 yuan 2016 - Year of the Monkey

New circulating bimetallic commemorative: 10 yuan: 2016 - Year of the Monkey (news and image by Pabitra Saha )

China 10 yuan 2015 - Aerospace Achievements

New circulating bimetallic commemorative: " Aerospace Achievements " (news and images by Leu Hoe , Pabitra Saha , Gijs Vlothuizen ...

H7N9 influenza: What you should know now

Dr. Michael Jhung, medical officer for the influenza division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention A new flu virus has recently emerg...

Justice China Style

It kind of brings a whole new meaning to the old adage: There ain't no justice in this world. And if you think page one is a bit of an ...

It's a Funny Old World: Chinese Lesbian Edition

Not a headline you see every day, but I would have thought lesbians were the least "at risk" group, far more so than heterosexuals...

Briton Tom Grundy Attempts Citizens Arrest On Tony Blair In Hong

Two separate reports; the first and smaller of the two, deals as much with the purpose of Blair's speech in Hong Kong, though falling as...

Chen Guangcheng 'safe' in US embassy

It can't be much fun living in China whether you have a conscience or nae, not with such a state apparatus permanently in place it can&#...

How the Surging Popularity of 'Himalayan Viagra' Is Causing Murder and Violence in Nepal

I read two pages of this 'different culture' story last night, I'm off to read the other four now. And if like me, you do a seco...

China Converting US Debt To Gold

Not in spite of, but given that I am totally unknowledgeable in such matters, I found this rather interesting. Wikileaks has revealed how Ch...

US 'Space Warplane' May Be Spying on Chinese Spacelab

Why this story? Because I have covered it before: 'Ere, Anybody Seen Our Spysat: X-37B Up To No Good? And one does have to keep one'...

Ten Years For Chinese Blogger

China jails dissident Chen Xi for 10 years Mary Hennock 26 December 2011 A Chinese court has handed down a 10-year jail sentence to Chen Xi,...

Chinese to Give Embezzlement Lessons to Iraq

You might recall this story about the Iraqis bitching about their missing few billions, well that's just small potatoes compared to the...

China to Spend $1.5 Trillion on Green Energy?

The New Sputnik 13 May 2011 by: Juan Cole In 1957, a United States shocked by the Soviet launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite bounced into acti...

Chinese Pot Calls US Kettle on Human Rights

This mighty list, and it is mighty, as mighty as it is undeniable, and this from a nation that has no less than sixty eight capital offences...

More Pot Calling: China - US

Ouch! China tells U.S. to quit as human rights judge By Chris Buckley Apr 10, 2011 BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States is beset by violenc...

Hey Yankee Put Your Own House In Order: China

It's bit of a bugger when the chinks start taking the high moral ground on human rights. China issues report criticizing US human rights...