It’s like India curbing curry, Thailand banning Buddhism or Australia outlawing disingenuously laid back blokes from saying “no worries.” Instead, it’s China, cleansing itself of one of its most integral entities: the fireworks. On many a morning in my days in Shanghai, I would wake up thinking I was on set in the […]

Just as the world began to see the Chinese for something other than industrious, robotic Communists and we’re reminded that the Chinese people cry and mourn like the rest of us, we’re also reminded that the Chinese like to be industrious, robotic Communists. A mere 9 days after a massive earthquake killed tens of […]

It’s funny. I knew Chinese President Hu Jintao could sing but I never knew he could play ping pong. Guy’s a table tennis machine. Look at the way he holds his paddle Chinese-style (I guess that makes sense) and takes on not one but two opponents. George Bush claimed in an interview […]

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfeld, the activist ice cream makers known as Ben and Jerry, may give the Chinese government a bellyache when the Olympic torch passes through San Francisco next week. The guys who brought us Chunky Monkey and Cherry Garcia are now bringing attention to the Chinese government’s role in the Darfur genocide. […]

Good news swept through China on Tuesday as the State Department released its controversial annual list of the worlds biggest human rights abusers. To everyone’s surprise, for the first time in three years, the Middle Kingdom didn’t grace the top ten violator list. The 2007 top ten worst countries on human rights were North […]

So those who plan to visit Beijing over the next few months might notice, while passing through the capital city’s famous hutongs, something different about China’s capital city. You might find yourself stopping on the street suddenly and saying to your companion, “Wait, weren’t there more cats here the last time I was here?” […]

The “Bodies World” exhibit, the more reputable of two leading museum exhibits using cadavers to show the inside of the human body, pledges to stop using bodies from China. Dr. Gunther von Hagens told 20/20 tonight that he found that some of the bodies used for the exhibit had injuries consistent with execution. […]

A new print ad for French automaker Citroen has been pulled from several Spanish newspapers amidst complaints from Chinese netizens over the artsy portrayal of Chairman Mao. As you can see in the image, Citroen modifies the famous likeness of Mao that looms over Tiananmen Square in Beijing, adding a scowl to his face, […]

The second and hopefully last beauty pageant-related story of the week deals with 22-year-old Tsering Chungtak, Miss Tibet in the 2007 International Miss Tourism pageant in Malaysia. After participating in the preliminary events this week, Chungtak was forced to drop out of the competition Wednesday for refusing to add “China” to her title of […]