Talk about overkill. After contacting an online agent, on April 28, a 17-year-old high school freshman from Huaishan, Anhui had his kidney removed for 22,000RMB. The student, surnamed Zheng, claimed he wanted to buy an iPad 2, but could not afford it. He thus decided the best course of action was to sling his innards on the black market. more ›

Organs are hard to come by in China these days: a million people a year need transplants, but less than one percent actually receive one. Getting on the coveted organ list is easier if you're famous - the late Fu Biao had two liver transplants within a few months - but generally, the need for organs far exceeds the number of possible donors. more ›

"'As soon as we get it from Hong Kong and bring it over and unlock it.' ... Asked about claims that the new iPhones could not be hacked, he replied: 'The Chinese are very quick at unlocking iPhones. They used to say that the PSP couldn't be hacked as well, but we hacked it,' referring to Sony's PlayStation Portable game console." We believe the price they quote for an iPhone — 3,000 kuai — is for the earlier model. Story says new iPhones are going for upwards of US$860 in Thailand and US$600 in Hong Kong, where users must sign a two-year contract. [Source: IHT] more ›