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Chinese spooked by food scandals take action - by growing it themselves
BEIJING – Shopping for groceries is a painful process for Tan Yinghong, a mother in her mid-30s. Just to buy meat, vegetables and milk for her 7-year-old son she has to pick her way through a minefield of possible perils – fake lamb, diseased pork, toxic ginger, …
SKorea Says NKorea Fires 3 Short-Range Missiles
(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions. Show More Summary
French President Signs Gay Marriage Into Law
(PARIS) — French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorizing gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching debate. His signature means the first gay marriages may be celebrated in France within about 10 days. Show More Summary
Din Tai Fung voted best restaurant in Asia! Will Shanghai have an aneurism?
Din Tai Fung in Taipei snagged the number one spot in The Daily Meal's countdown of the "101 Best Restaurants in Asia of 2013." Daily Meal Editorial Director Colman Andrews knew the decision would be controversial because the xiaolongbao...Show More Summary
Tallest dam ever to be built in Sichuan, dammit
Chinese authorities have approved plans for a hydroelectric dam project on the Dadu river in Sichuan which, when completed, will be the tallest dam ever constructed. Following the tradition of epic water-works projects like the Three...Show More Summary
Shenzhen cracks down on smoking with 30,000 yuan fine
China has danced around the idea of real anti-smoking legislation for a while, and it looks like Shenzhen has finally gone through with it. Following a public hearing on Tuesday, city authorities have instituted up to 500 yuan fines for individual smokers, and a hefty 30,000 yuan fine for business owners who fail to stop smokers from lighting up. [ more › ]
Woman Describes Berlusconi’s ‘Bunga Bunga’ Parties
(MILAN) — Silvio Berlusconi‘s private disco featured not only aspiring show girls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but also dressed as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billionaire media...Show More Summary
Unsurprising study reveals nepotism gives recent graduates a boost in the job market
The China Data Center at Tsinghua University recently published a study revealing that new graduates who happen to be the children of Communist Party officials have a substantial advantage compared to their classmates. Starting salaries for these lucky few are nearly 15 percent higher than those of their peers who have no filial government connections. [ more › ]
Three parachute to safety from burning plane
Three men parachuted to safety from a plane just before it crashed on Friday morning in Shenyang, Liaoning province, according to local media reports. [ more › ]
Oliver Stone to be honoured at Shanghai film festival
Oliver Stone, director of the excellent Platoon, Heaven and Earth, and er... Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, will be honoured at the Shanghai International Film Festival. [ more › ]
Watch: You wish you could do the splits as well as this Chinese grandmother
Can you do the splits? I certainly can't. Prepare to feel inadequate and inflexible because this Chinese grandmother can do the splits. Like a boss. She tells the cameraman that she's 69 years old. [ more › ]
Weekendist May 17-19: Brew Crew, Jungle Party, Perverts and Warhol, of course darling
Hooray! Our favourite three days of the week have arrived. Friday, Saturday, Saturday to Sunday weekend, get get get with us, you know what we say! What? You don't? Well, let me tell you! We say party every day, pa-pa-pa-party every day. [ more › ]
Vice Premier condemns poor 'quality and breeding' of Chinese tourists
Who needs xenophobes when you've got friends like these? Vice Premier Wang Yang has castigated Chinese tourists for harming the country's image with their "uncivilised" behaviour. [ more › ]
Headless body found in downtown Beijing
Police are investigating an unidentified body with its head and limbs missing that was found in Beijing's Xincheng district early on Thursday morning, not far from Tiananmen Square, Sina reports. [ more › ]
Art Pops Up in Shanghai
A weeklong pop-up art exhibit opens today in Shanghai, and hundreds of art lovers are eyeing their inbox to find out where.
‘Crouching Tiger,’ Unveiled Sequel
Martial-arts fans, wait no more. Michelle Yeoh is returning to star in the sequel to “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” joined by kung-fu star Donnie Yen.
How China's one-child policy may have been behind teen's desire to kill sister, father
On May 14, a Henan teenager was arrested after allegedly hiring hitmen to kill his father and older sister because, reports initially claimed, they had "pressured him to study". After further investigation, however, authorities haveShow More Summary
UK continues to make things absurdly difficult for Chinese tourists
At Quartz, David Yanofsky examines the hoops that prospective Chinese tourists (not immigrants) have to jump through just to visit the UK. [ more › ]
Watch: The many anxieties of China's young urban middle class
Tea Leaf Nation's managing editor Liz Carter translated the above video, originally uploaded to Youku, about the worries/anxieties facing China's growing yuppie (young upwardly-mobile professional) class. [ more › ]
Weibo blows up after famous Beijing playboy allegedly assaults reporter
On Thursday, a Weibo user claiming to be a reporter posted that she and her husband were beaten by Wang Shuo, one of the four famous Beijing fuerdai (second generation rich), on Wednesday night in Beijing. The tweet became Weibo's number one trending item in less than 24 hours. [ more › ]
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