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This new type of street lamp can generate electrical power by means of wind and solar energy panel at the same time. In addition, it can store energy day and night. The green street lamps also apply to wider areas and their life is much longer than the ordinary street lamps. This will reduce pollutant emission, which means they are good for environmental protection.

A one-legged handicapped beggar in Guiyang, China crawls on hands creating art with chalk on the streets each day, inspiring pedestrians and Chinese netizens.

Al Jazeera's take on modern China is exactly the same easy paradoxes as you'd expect from CNN or Fox News. They make up for the intro by immediately following it up with the stylings of Chinese chef turned rapper Crazy Chef, who guides the presenter around Wangfujing's snack street.

The Wall Street Journal links to chinaSMACK. Fauna thanks Lost Laowai, Shanghaiist, Digital Magazine (Japan), and every reader for their support.

Gong found a pile of garbage on one street, and he immediately took a photo by his mobile phone, and then he sent the photo to Changsha Digital urban supervision center. The center immediate assigned tasks to sanitation workers. Half an hour after, the rubbish was cleaned up. Gong sent a photo of the after-cleaning street to the center.

I took this two shots with my Yashica T3 during 2006 when i was on my way to the Shanghai Museum in summer. It was in the late afternoon, there was a lot of people crossing the busy streets around Nanjing Road, People's Square and Xizang Road. This old lady sat down near a cross junction attracting lots of attention from passer-bys. She was not performing or basking. She was apparently outcrying to the public for some wrongs done to her, seeking justice and attention. There were a couple of street police and traffic police trying to clear the crowd. I took the shots quickly and left.

Asia to the rescue? With Wall Street bleeding billions and booming Asian economies hoarding stacks of cash, it would seem to make sense for Asia to help the U.S. financial industry out of its fix. So far, though, it is not happening.

Earlier today, a Chinese couple that worked on Wall Street was found guilty of insider trading. They cleared a reported $600,000 gain through inside tips. Their attorney claimed that there was a “cultural basis” for their actions - i.e., insider trading is a common practice in China.

The Chinese port city of Dalian is becoming an outsourcing center for multinationals