Did Scotland help China win Olympic Gold?

A lurid story of the International trade in sex organs.While doping scandals run rampant in the sports world, Ancient Chinese health secrets might still be key to getting up on the podium."FROM deep within the glens,...

Elderly Chinese Women Sentenced to Labor Re-Education

I got a tip from my friend John E. Carey today pointing me to this story about China and its glowing human rights record."Two elderly women were sentenced to a year of "re-education through labor" after they applied for permits to demonstrate during the Olympics, according to...

China detain 35 Pak nationals for planning attack on Games

Pakistan best ally China has arrested more than three dozen Pakistani citizens for plotting an attack during the Olympics games. These visiting Pakistani were travelling to China as Olympic spectators. The Chinese government has asked the Pakistani government for...

Suffering and Sacrifice at the Olympics Opening Ceremony: Zhang & Cultural Di...

For Western viewers, one of the amazing things about this story is Zhang's attack on the west and its people while praising North Korea. Zhang launched ample criticisms of performers he worked with on a Chinese opera...

China reacts to Liu Xiang's dramatic pullout

China is in shock after superstar Liu Xiang's sudden withdrawal from the 110 meter hurdle event. Thousands of people are reacting on local social networking sites. NowPublic member fansiding advocates tolerance of...

Citizen Journalist Tweets About His Own Detention

UPDATE:I spoke with Zhou via gtalk, and he has agreed to post a personal account on NowPublic in Chinese (which will be translated). This is his member page: http://members.nowpublic.com/zolaHis other page is:...

"Gruesome" Chinese Student Murder "Involved in Internet BETTING SCAM"

Detectives piecing together the motive for the murders of ex-Newcastle University students Yang Zhen Xing and girlfriend Xi Xhou say Yang may have been involved in an international BETTING SCAM on the internet....

Swimming: Doubts voiced as unknown wins a gold for China

" BEIJING: It did not take long for the rumors and innuendo to bubble up. Shortly after Liu Zige touched the edge of the pool at the Water Cube on Thursday and grabbed China's first gold medal for swimming in...

Olympic jokes circulating in Beijing

Two Olympics jokes are apparently circulating in Beijing. The first one is lame, like something your dentist might tell you."Here’s the first joke: “At the closing ceremonies, International Olympic Committee...

Police hunt for clues in Newcastle double murder

A young Chinese couple were killed in an horrific double murder in their ground floor flat in Newcastle's west end during Friday and Saturday. Police are baffled about the motive and have ruled out gangs or drugs in...

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...

Sounds of Olympic venues

The NY Times's Olympic blog has an interesting post about the difficulty of translating the Chinese cheers heard at Beijing venues into other languages. As the post explains, a literal translation of a popular cheer...

Michael Phelps marketing in Chinese

An interesting blog post at Shanghaiist highlights Michael Phelps's effort to market himself to Chinese audiences. Has anyone out there heard anything about Phelps's popularity in China? "Swimmer Michael Phelps is...

TIBET : DALAI LAMA - " WE SHOULD NOT ISOLATE CHINA!"

OPINION: DALAI LAMA SUPPORT BEIJING SUMMER OLYMPICS? Dalai Lama has given his opinion on the China's claimed that he is feeding negative feedbacks and backing the boycott on China's Summer Olympics in Beijing. Which in fact he supports the Summer Olympics held at Beijing. On...

"Gruesome" Chinese Students Murder: Bizarre Dead CAT Clue

Detectives have revealed that the male victim of the double student murder that has stunned Newcastle's student population, Zhen Xing Yang,  put up a tremendous battle of resistance to his attacker/s with...

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