Dear Slate, yes there are chocolate bars in China
Cinematheque: Mulan is finally Chinese again! (and other film news)
Protest in Guangzhou: Why would you burn garbage?
Barbie Spa: For the cosmopolitan plastic beauty in you
Obama in China: Long gone, and still headlinin'
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"So, the Nail House in Chongqing is gone. The owners finally reached a satisfactory agreement with the developer, news reports said, achieving their their aim of getting a commercial property instead of cash compensation." Let's hope this is the last we hear of it.
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We were there in 2004. Read our report: "Haoyi Village: ‘There were more blue skies 10 years ago’." Not much has changed.
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Chinese news broadcast about Linfen, China.
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"Based on this finding, the researchers say it is hard to believe the accepted theory of an eastward spread of modern humans from Africa."
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"But China's state media reports that China's quarantine body says their production process makes it impossible for their products to contain any poisoned chemicals."
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"Grain harvests in the Asian region will drop by as much as 30%, leading to skyrocketing food prices and the starvation of 132 million people in Asia in the 2050s ..."
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"Scientists say the risks are getting worse, because of damage that pollution and global warming are inflicting on the coral reefs where many fish species feed."
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"I noticed that the number on the pizza box was indeed different from the one on the flyer that I received. Yes, they not only copied the flyer, but even the box including the real phone number!"
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"Shanghai will not be renaming any more Metro stations after the recent switching of three station names cost more than 1 million yuan (US$125,000) and raised the ire of many passengers, a city official said yesterday."
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"A husband has requested a divorce from his wife because he couldn't stand her "surprises" any longer -- especially after she tried to trick him with a fake suicide on April 1."
Photo by meckleychina found via the Shanghaiist Contribute page.
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The BBC's analysis of the 40,000 year old skeleton is considerably more sophisticated. The actual "out of Africa" theory says that successive waves of evolved humans came out at different times, and the possibilities of successful interbreeding are high when you look at how stray domestic cats in Europe are breeding with larger, more primitive wild cats.
Of course, this must mean that CHinese culture has 40,000 years of uninterrupted history.