China's Shen and Zhao win pairs gold – China Sports

Internet users in China weighed in Thursday on the fairness of a decision to order China to give back a bronze medal a female gymnast won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics after the International Olympic Committee said she was only 14 years old at the time.

Spring Festival's "golden week" sees retail sales in China hit 340 billion yuan, or 50 billion US dollars. That's a 17 percent improvement over the same period last year. China's major retailers said food sales grew 16 percent year on year, while sales of tobacco and liquor were up 13 percent.

Watch a new Just Do It commercial that is airing in China mainland and Taiwan, possibly elsewhere. On the page is the China version with English subtitles and a Taiwan version with Chinese Traditional subtitles.

Shen Yun Performing Arts bills its show as an experience in which “classical Chinese dance and music bring to life the myths, legends and divine beauty of 5,000-year-old traditional Chinese culture.” But professional critics and disgruntled patrons have painted a different picture across the Internet, calling the show propaganda for the Falun Dafa movement, also known as Falun Gong.