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1,200 bikini clad girls gathered in Guangzhou and stood in the shape of Olympic circles to celebrate the summer games. The spectacle set a new Guinness record. China has a penchant for such huge manuevours. We hold the world record for the biggest mooncake, the most people eating hotpot at the same time. And now the biggest gathering of bikinis.

A girl from north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region plans to set a new Guiness World Record after eating nothing but dirt for two months. We reported this back in December in “China girl eats pounds of dirt daily” and now she is back in the news.

She intends to stick to her diet and challenge the Guinness World Record for eating only soil, which currently stands at 2 months.

Another world record broken as Kitajima takes the gold medal in the men’s 100 meter breaststroke.

Gold - Kosuke Kitajima - Japan - 58.91WR

World record-holder Haile Gebrselassie is almost certain to miss the marathon at the Beijing Olympics because of the city's poor air quality.

I posted the video of world record breaking skateboarder Rob Thomson yesterday. Today I had the opportunity to get some questions answered by the man himself. Here is the entire Q&A interview with the man who undertook an unsupported skateboarding journey across Europe, the USA and China.

Get to know entrepreneurs in China via Christine Liu's video blog.

Yippee! China's yawning trade surplus rose to a monthly record high of $28.7 billion in August as the gap with the United States and Europe widened despite a global economic slowdown.

What, you didn’t get an invitation to J.P. Morgan’s China Conference 2008, held in Beijing through Friday for high-octane investors? This is for you. The first article in an ongoing series on the conference's wisdom. This one covers China's manufacturing makeover, consumption changes, and better branding practices.

Makau Mutua, Nairobi - Recently, there has been a dizzying parade of high-level visitors between Africa and the People's Republic of China. Some Kenyan officials have suggested that the country should increasingly look East to diversify its economic relationships and reduce dependency on the West.