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An American fugitive accused of raping his daughter and posting videos of the abuse on the Internet lived openly in China, even enjoying visits from his new wife and registering at a local fitness club under his own name.

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.

China’s economy has taken great steps toward liberalization since 1979. However, its athletics are still an odd remnant of the communist (little ‘c’) system.

Here's an interesting item on Walkley Magazine with an interesting slant on how a future world will feel when China sits on top. Thanks to the Joyceland blog for bringing attention to it.

Once upon a time, in a land far away, a land with millions of years of unbroken culture but many broken parts, there once lived three little bears - DD, Dan and Dawanr. They all lived in a little part of the great land called TTC that was forever...

A young Chinese woman begins posting many pictures of her expensive luxurious possessions on Liba, China's famous BBS discussion forum for materialistic girls.

A Chinese woman was hit by a falling cat. When no one in the building came forth with any information, she naturally proceeded to sue the lot of them.

Unfortunately the cat did not survive the fall, and cannot testify against the unknown cat dropper.

Note to readers:
Please refrain from any "Raining cats and dogs" comments.

Rebecca MacKinnon has a great post (with interesting follow-up comments) on exactly what Yahoo knew, didn't know and claimed they didn't know about their part in sending Chinese journalist Shi Tao to jail for 10 years.

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.