2009 Chinese New Year - Fireworks Show Video

On a cold night in Qingdao, China, the New Year celebration is under way. Non-stop fireworks and a party atmosphere.

Indo-China joint military exercises continue

Hand in Hand 2008" China-India army joint anti-terrorism training continued in Belgaum, India on Tuesday. During the sessions, the soldiers are training in anti-terror shooting and raids, exchanging views on...

Media Controls Over China Milk Scandal

The milk scandal in China is gaining more international attention as the situation worsens. Instead of being transparent, the China government started to enforce controls over media reports and broadcasts about the situation. People are starting to be concerned about this...

Oil slick moves towards Olympic Sailing venue

A two square kilometer oil slick, apparently from a ship, is 30 miles away from the Olympic sailing venue of Qingdao, the Epoch Times reports. The oil is arriving just weeks after the venue's extreme algae festival."A two square kilometre oil slick has been discovered about...

Rumours of meningitis outbreak in Olympic co-host city Qingdao denied

Chinese health officials are denying rumours of cerebrospinal meningitis outbreak in the Olympic co-host city of Qingdao. Health ministry reassures that the future site of the Olympic sailing events has seen no...

China: Olympics sailing site is algae-free

Chinese authorities have finally been cleared the site for the Olympic sailing competition. There were fears about preparedeness of the site. Thirty-seven national teams are now training at the Olympic site. " The site of the Olympic sailing competition is clear of the...

Algae outbreaks threaten Olympic sailing in China

As many as 20,000 people are busy cleaning up the enormous amount of algae blocking Olympic waterways in China. State media says 100,000 tons have already been removed, and ships from two other cities have been commissioned to remove the rest by mid-July.On the positive side,...

China to crack down on illegal use of the Olympics logo

In a place like China, it is going to be impossible for them to crackdown on the illegal usage of the logo. There is going to be street vendors or just random stores having it up. All they can do is prevent...

Video of the Day: World's fattest pet Video

"It looks like a job for Jamie Oliver. This Chinese cat appears to have had one Turkey Twizzler too many, weighing in at a hefty 17 kilograms. Known in China as 'super fat cat' this beast from the East has a waist measuring 88.7 cms - which is wider than most women, and a lot...

100 Biggest Cities in the World

Measured by population. Tokyo comes out top. But news stories about Tokyo are not the most popular. At least not outside Japan.

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