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www.cityweekend.com.cn — The death toll in the massive mudslides in northwest China's Gansu Province has risen to 1,114, with 627 still missing. Landslides triggered by heavy rains in Zhouqu engulfed the villages in the region on August 8. Approximately 45,000 people have been evacuated. The destruction wrought by the weather is the worst since 1998 in terms of the numbers of people dead or missing.

blogs.forbes.com — Quite a bit of ink has been spilled in both the U.S. and China over the remake of the 1980's so-bad-it's-good thriller "Red Dawn," which now casts the Chinese as the villain in place of the Soviets. But has the Red Menace struck even before the opening credits had a chance to roll? I can see the headline now: China buys "Red Dawn," suggests script changes.

wtop.com — LIUZHOU, China (AP) - When professors in China need to author research papers to get promoted, many turn to people like Lu Keqian. Working on his laptop in a cramped spare bedroom, the former schoolteacher ghostwrites for professors, students, government offices _ anyone willing to pay his fee, typically about 300 yuan ($45).

www.thedailystar.net — China will provide all out support for communication and socio economic development to build a digital Bangladesh. The assurance came while visiting Vice Minister of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Liu Jieyi paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Jamuna here yesterday.

www.nationalpost.com — TORONTO -- A man who spied on Chinese dissidents in the United States has been living in a Toronto church since this past August to avoid deportation, the National Post has learned. The case offers a rare glimpse into how China's vast foreign espionage apparatus monitors exiled dissidents and activists that the communist government views as threats to its rule.