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China is about to face a challenging upcoming year amid lingering fears concerning a global financial meltdown. Declining property prices and a severe trade situation are raising serious concerns regarding the economic stability of the backbone of the world economy. more ›

Hide your kids, hide your wife and hide your husband too, because a 23-year-old man surnamed Yin truly, actually believes '''the earth is going to be destroyed'' in 2012. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) for the young agitated man, he will miss the spectacular event, as he will be serving jail time the next two years for making a false bomb threat at the JinMao Tower in March. more ›

Inspired by the rousing vision of the end times that was Roland Emmerich's '2012', a welder in the Henan city of Luohe (漯河市) has had his own private Noah's Ark constructed, in the hopes that he and his family can ride out the mountainous waves that shall engulf us all survive any future water-based cataclysms. more ›

One of the most expensive movies of the decade, James Cameron's 3D extravaganza Avatar, will be coming to Chinese theaters. According to The Independent, Cameron will visit Beijing right before Christmas as he "cranks the publicity machine into overdrive" in an attempt to recover some of the cost of making the film with the burgeoning Chinese audience. more ›

• What is it with Slate columnists and inane articles about this country? First Daniel Gross of Slate can't find a chocolate bar in China, and now somebody's tricked him into writing an entire article based on Tiananmen slogans that were never there.
• East South West North picks the top ten Hollywood movies that suck up to China. Of course, 2012 makes top pick with its theme of the People's Liberation Army saving the world, but how did you feel about Dragonball Evolution's surprising Chinese twists?
• Alibaba, China's internet service for busineses to find and sell to each other has 45 million registered users and a market cap of over $17 billion. Forbes talks to the man behind the magic, David Wei.

2012, the new apocalyptic movie by director Roland Emmerich, opened this weekend in Shanghai to smashing box office records, showing that Hollywood's discovered at least one way its blockbusters can make a killing in China - by pandering to the Chinese. more ›