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Only In China Department: Suicide by Well Jumping

Monday, 16 Jun 2008 | Views [27]

Chef Gets Stuck In Well During Failed Suicide Bid A 19-year-old man who tried to commit suicide by jumping into a narrow well was rescued after police and fire fighters dug more than six meters to free him in Zhengzhou, Henan province last Sunday.... Read more >


Not-So-Real Estate?

Monday, 16 Jun 2008 | Views [30]

New Look For Hainan Villages Visiting Shipanyuan village of Qionghai city, Hainan, you are instantly struck by the grey-tiled specious houses.... -- China Daily , April 23, 2008


Is That the Entree or the Floor Show?

Monday, 16 Jun 2008 | Views [25]

Giant Fish A new restaurant servicing big wild fish recently opened in Guizhou province. -- China Daily , April 29, 2008


Everything's Up To Date In Waidang Village...

Monday, 16 Jun 2008 | Views [21]

20-Year-Old Wins Top Spot on Village Committee A 20-year-old girl in Waidang village, Yongjia Zhejiang province, received 200 of the 353 votes cast during an election to choose a chief for the village committee on April 17.  Hu Xiaoji, who was born ... Read more >


2008--The Year of the Rat

Wednesday, 28 May 2008 | Views [25]

Guangzhou Communities Up To Their Necks In Rats Many housing estates and neighborhood committees in Guangzhou are looking for help in battling a major rat infestation. In addition to stealing food, the rats have also eaten people's furniture, household ... Read more >


The Cost Of Raising a Child

Wednesday, 28 May 2008 | Views [32]

Father Demands Raising Fee From Elusive Daughter Liu, a resident of Xinjin, Sichuan province, recently filed a lawsuit seeking child support from his daughter. A court held a hearing on Friday in which Liu said he struggled to raise his daughter ... Read more >


Elsewhere In Asia Department: More Proof Dogs Are Better Than Us

Wednesday, 28 May 2008 | Views [25]

INDIA Baby saved by stray dogs Hundreds of villagers flocked to a remote Indian village to see a baby girl who was saved by stray dogs after she was abandoned in a mound of mud by her mother, officials said yesterday. -- China Daily , April ... Read more >


Elsewhere In Asia Department: Indian Infanticide

Wednesday, 28 May 2008 | Views [29]

PM Singh Urged to 'Save the Girl Child' India's widespread practice of aborting female fetuses is a "national shame," the prime minister said yesterday, insisting the country can no longer ignore the problem if it wants to be a modern ... Read more >


Utah --> Xinjiang

Tuesday, 20 May 2008 | Views [13]

Xinjiang?  Take Utah, make it as big as Alaska, wrinkle it up some, pull its bottom down below sea level, make its mountains a mile taller.  Then, for good measure, put in it a desert as big as Utah itself.


First Words

Tuesday, 20 May 2008 | Views [11]

Do you remember your first human touch?  Your first steps?  Your first words? Alas, these events are lost irretrievable to us all. But the sensation can still be attained later in life.  The first time you say something to a stranger in a foreign language ... Read more >


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