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China opened the Mao Zedong Square to visitors Thursday in his hometown of central Hunan Province to mark the 115th birth anniversary of the country's late revolutionary founder. The square lies beside Mao's birth place, the Shaoshan Village, about 104 kilometers from the provincial capital of Changsha.

Nono, not Chairman Hu... Chairman who??? This insightful post gives a bit of recognition to the George Lazenby of Chinese politics - Chairman Hua Guofeng. If you have even a passing interest in the history of the CPC or just like reading sad tales of falling into mediocrity... give this a read.

In Sichuan China, a doctor preformed an X-ray on a 90 year-old woman and found that she was carrying a dead fetus for 58 years.

The old lady named Wong, lives in Qing Sheng Province. In February this year, she hurt her back while she was trying to carry a bucket of water. The family took her to the hospital 2 months later for an X-ray. That’s when the doctors found out that there was a dead fetus in her uterus, though it was severely distorted.

A vandal has damaged the giant portrait of late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong that hangs over the Forbidden City.

"The picture was on fire on the left-hand side," said a diplomat and a photographer who were driving past in a taxi late on Saturday afternoon.

A heart-warming story about love conquering height differences, this is a scrumptious summer treat that came early this year.

Or, it's another weird semi-news story from Asia.

Actually, I have asked this very same question in my ESL classrooms throughout China. As you might well expect, the most common and almost 'automatic' answer is Mao Zedong. This does not necessarily mean that students love Chairman Mao; they just happen to think that he is the most ‘well-known’ man in Chinese history because of his status as the founder of present day China.

a 10-year-old girl, Huang Li, swam for three hours and three kilometres with her hands and feet bound at the bequest of her parents. Her father, a right dork by the sounds of it, said that "the training is necessary to help her improve her skills and eventually achieve her goal of swimming the English Channel."

He's also a middle school teacher.

MIANYANG, China - A strong aftershock struck China's quake-battered Sichuan province Thursday, as rising water levels in a lake caused by landslides in the massive May 12 temblor forced evacuations from downstream areas.

There were no immediate reports of new damage or injuries caused by the 5.3 magnitude aftershock. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that it struck at 12:41 p.m. (12:41 a.m. EDT) just south of the town of Qingchuan at the relatively shallow depth of 6 miles.

When it comes to the priceless feet of Chinese superstars like Yao Ming or Liu Xiang, only one special surgeon is trusted to operate. Let's just hope that Liu's operation can go as well as Yao's.