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Eaten hotpot in the last four years in Shanghai? You probably ate rat

If you ate lamb hotpot in Shanghai in the last four years, you may have inadvertently consumed rat (gross), fox (gross), or mink (classy), the Ministry of Public Security announced...

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Reading Gatsby in Beijing

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Evan Osnos discusses the relevance of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel in China.

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Student Given a Statue and Parade for Having Top Marks in the Gaokao

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Be like Confucius and Laozi... by gettting your own bust put inside a school campus. That's what happened to a Hubei high school student who got top marks in the...

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Chinese girls poisoned by yogurt over school rivalry

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Two children have died in northern China after drinking yogurt allegedly tainted with rat poison by the owner of a rival kindergarten, media report. The girls in Hebei province suffered...

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People's Daily Builds 'Giant Penis' Building; Censors Block Internet Sniggering

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When it comes to office buildings, does size really matter? It just might, if China's main state-run newspaper has its way. The People's Daily is used to breaking news, but...

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The Scourge of Awesomely Bad Photoshopping in China

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Why is the Chinese media so bad at doctoring photographs? (Also, why is it doctoring photographs in the first place?) No country's media is completely free from malfeasance, least of...

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China News

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Shanghai at a Glance

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Shanghai is the Paris of the East. It has the Bund, had the World Expo, and will be a city of fortunes for years to come. Check out this article...

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CHINA’S SUBWAY CONSTRUCTION FRENZY

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Beijing sets on opening up a new line this month, Line 14, and complete the extension of the last 2.4 kilometers of Line 10. The city also plans to build...

Inside a pu'er tea factory – a photo essay

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[...] We had mentioned we were interested in tea and would love to see how he grew and processed pu'er tea — which is often alternatively spelled pu-erh. He invited...

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Panic Buying, Looting, and Lining Up – A Brief Retrospective (Part Two)

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Here's more from the Chinese news story that details a brief history of Chinese looting, panic buying and trying to get things in a hurried rush.

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China News

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'The End of the Wild' Trailer feat. Yao Ming

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Former NBA star and Chinese icon, Yao Ming, has launched a major public awareness campaign targeting consumption of ivory and rhino horn in China in partnership with WildAid, Save the...

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Chengdu in Pictures: Words with graphic novelist Sascha Hommer

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Hamburg-based comic artist and graphic novelist Sascha Hommer, 34, was inspired to create a graphic novel set in China after a visit to Chengdu in 2005. A longer stay in...

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Inside Dongguan, China's Sin City

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Some 10 per cent of Dongguan's population is said to be employed in the world's oldest profession.

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Tibetans Turn to Alternative Protest as Self-Immolations Prove Futile

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More young Tibetans in India are embracing a Ghandi-style protest as opposed to self immolation.

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Utica College Releases Massive Report On Chinese State Hacking Apparatus

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A full report on the economic, military, and political aspects of China's hacking apparatus. [Links to PDF]

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China News

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Pentagon Pays China To Carry Data

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The Pentagon is so starved for bandwidth that it’s paying a Chinese satellite firm to help it communicate and share data. U.S. troops operating on the African continent are now...

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China News

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Dilbert in China

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The translator of some Dilbert comics does a small analysis of the success and failure of the Dilbert comic in China. A little bit of cross-cultural humor preferences.

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Yunnan follows much of the rest of China and raises its minimum wage

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Joining a national trend begun earlier this year by several of China's first-tier cities, Yunnan has raised its minimum wage. Different areas in the province will experience varying hikes in...

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China Business

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Sina Corp and Sina Weibo

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Sina Weibo and Twitter both have 140 character limits but you can say a lot more on Sina Weibo. Learn how this cool fact is true....

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Top 10 coolest novels about modern China

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There are countless books about China, some quite fascinating and others as old – and long – as history itself. It’s safe to assume that western readers will not want...

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