With Bo Xilai and Gu Kailai now detained God-knows-where, the attention now turns to their son Bo Guagua. The Daily Telegraph has been doing the best job so far piecing together information on our favourite student playboy. more ›

Unsubstantiated rumors of defection have been burning up the internet all day involving the popular anti-gang Vice Mayor of Chongqing, Wang Lijun (王立军). Last night Weibo users reported that police cars had surrounded the US consulate in Chengdu. Combine that with the announcement this morning that Wang has been put on "vacation-style" medical leave and voila, you have a solid gold rumor generator! more ›

A Hunan man has been detained by Taiwanese marine police after he rowed over from Xiamen to Taiwan's Kinmen Island on a makeshift boat put together with several styrofoam boards, using badminton racquets as oars. After spending a good five over hours rowing across the straits, the man looked clearly exhausted as he was intercepted by the police. He says he made the journey with the aim of defecting over to Taiwan and join the Kuomintang. Taiwanese authorities however are unlikely to grant the man asylum and are expected to deport him back to the Chinese mainland. We dread to think what will happen to him when he returns to the embrace of the motherland. more ›

The rippling consequences of last July's unrest in Xinjiang continues. Along with rampant arrests, and quite a few executions of those held responsible, it's an understatement to say that this year was hard on Xinjiang. Exasperated by last summer's syringe attacks, the crackdown on Uighurs "terrorists" goes on. more ›

To be wrongly put into an asylum has been a staple of horror fiction, but this nightmare actually happened to a woman in Xiamen. Mrs. Wu, who originally went to her hospital to cure her high blood prolactin (PRL) was identified as "mentally challenged" and forced into an asylum for 22 days, according to Netease. more ›