In 2010, China overtook Japan to become the world's second largest economy and most experts believe it will only be two or three decades before it becomes number one, officially making the U.S. it's bitch. As shown in a recent article by 24/7 Wall St, China has already surpassed the U.S. in a number of industries that America is traditionally considered to be the world leader - you can view them above. more ›

Two interesting soundbytes from US presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich from the GOP debate in Florida Thursday night: more ›

A new comic from Crazy Crab (疯蟹) comments on the current civil unrest in Tibet. Last week, 1 million portraits of Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, and Hu Jintao (the four supreme leaders whose political reputations have survived to the present day) were distributed throughout the Tibet Autonomous Region, to be placed inside schools, homes and temples. more ›

'Anti-American warrior' Sima Nan has lost his latest battle... with an escalator. The media figure, famous for his rants against the U.S., was visiting Washington (located in America) and managed to get his head stuck between an airport escalator rail and an approaching section of wall. more ›

Li Guanyi, a 29-year-old Shanghai resident, was hit and killed by a motorcycle while crossing the road in the Taiwanese city of Hualien (花莲) at 10pm on Tuesday. Li was attempting to cross the road to reach his hotel when the accident occurred. Despite efforts at resuscitation, Li was declared midnight before reaching a hospital. The apparent cause of death was initially determined to be intracranial bleeding, though investigations are still ongoing. more ›

Annnd, the CNY celebrations continue on. STD has a Fortune Dragon New Year's Party, a celebration of Aussie day, some deeeeep house for you techno lovers plus a last chance to catch some art shows closing this weekend. And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

In the surprising 2011/2012 Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders, China almost skirts the bottom at number 174 out of 179 possible spots. This places them one measly notch higher than Iran (175), who is just coming off the 2009/2010 election protest involving rampant violence between the media and government, and 22 places below Iraq - the country responsible for the most reporter killings (151) in the last two decades. In an equally frightening bit of trivia, just two years ago the same slot was occupied by North Korea! Reporters Without Borders states: more ›

A weib currently making the rumor mill rounds has it that Sister Feng (凤姐), a woman remarkable for the severity of her delusional demands on husbands-to-be being matched only by the severity of her overbite, is going to star in a Japanese AV film. more ›

Lobsang Sangay, Kalon Tripa of the Tibetan government-in-exile, comments on the recent shootouts on Tibetan protestors in the first few days of the Chinese New Year, and calls upon Tibetans to halt celebrations of Losar, the Tibetan New Year. Transcript after the jump... more ›

"Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad", a new piece on the notorious tech manufacturer Foxconn by David Barboza and Charles Duhigg of the New York Times, was translated into Chinese and published in Caixin, one of the leading news weeklies in China. They've compiled and translated a list of the reactions by Chinese readers to the piece, which split along the usually lines of tacit acceptance and finger-pointing. more ›

In the latest escalation of handbags between Norway and China, a highly placed Norwegian diplomatic source has told a national newspaper that Norway could shut Beijing out of the Arctic Council. more ›