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The Chinese church that I visited this morning stuck out like a sore thumb amidst a bustling marketplace. It was a large four-story building, almost completely pink in color, and the golden cross on top could be seen throughout the area.

A 19-year-old Chinese student recorded the killing and dismembering of her married lover by her boyfriend. The victim, 39, was a married manager at a local highway and bridge building company, the newspaper said.

Take a minute to check out what a traditional Chinese temple fair during Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) in HuBei province looks like...

The top ten business events in 2006 listed by the International Business Daily.

Great news! The Hao Hao Report is being upgraded. Though many of the updates are behind the scenes, there are a number of additions that have improved functionability in the site. You'll likely notice a few new stylistic things as well. A few new things:

1. Avatars: A fancy word for "picture", these will appear (small) beside the stories you've posted, and (larger) in your profile. Time to add some personality to that account!

Under China's strict birth-control laws, Wai Ling, 19 and her boyfriend, 21, are too young to get married, and without being married they can't register their daughter's birth. They could bribe a state official to turn a blind eye, but that would cost far more than they could ever afford - half a year's salary of £1,300. The alternative of a court appearance and swingeing fine for having an illegal child would be equally ruinous - so Wai Ling feels she has little choice but to sell her newborn baby to a child trafficker.

Is Guanxi still important in business? A historical view and present day analysis of this peculiarity of China business culture.

Chinese netizens react to pictures showing 150,000 university graduates at this year's Shenzhen job fair. They worry about China's big population and employment difficulties.

The video is in Chinese, but I thought it'd be worthwhile to see what the Beijing Olympics are doing in terms of advertising towards their Chinese fan-base / Chinese-speaking visitors.