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CDT has video of dust storms in South Korea, allegedly floating down the peninsula from Northern China. (Use a proxy. CDT is blocked in the PRC.)

Y Chromosome and MtDNA testing of Northern and Southern Han Chinese populations shows greater genetic diversity on the female ancestrial side (MtDNA) than the male. The indication is that Han Chinese males from Northern China married indigenous non-Han female population in the South, such as the Bai Yue (relatives to modern Vietnamese, Thai/Lao, Hmong) populations.

The grasslands in northern Xinjiang's Altai Mountains are under attack by determined radical forces bent on death and destruction by any available means to achieve their goal of world domination! Yes, I'm talking about rats... despised worldwide for their ability to destroy food supplies, spread disease, and crawl over sleeping babies in the middle of the night. When trying to route an enemy of such extreme capabilities, the only choice is to call in Ratforce3 Xinjiang Alpha Squad!

In alphabetical order, here are almost four places that hail that opened in Beijing during the last six months and hail from Beijing's sibling city to the south: Shanghai. A report card on Blue Frog, Element Fresh, Enoteca, and Klubb Rouge.

Via Associated Press:
A fire ignited explosives Friday at a home in northern China, killing at least 43 people, many of whom had rushed to the scene to battle the flames, a government news agency said.

A flock of hungry sheep gobbled up banknotes totalling 100,000 yuan that were the public funds of a northern Chinese village, state media reported on Tuesday.

A very interesting report entitled The Environmental Impacts of E-bikes in Chinese Cities put out by researchers at Berkley, Tsinghua, and UC Davis.

A northern Chinese city has banned the use of seductive words like "foxy lady," "handsome guy" and "moneybags" in marriage advertisements in a bid to stamp out fraud, domestic media reported Tuesday.

A report by Tianjin TV station on attempts to introduce Australian Rules Football to university students in Tianjin. The report is spoken in Chinese, but contains some good footage of students kicking around a football on a dust bowl.