Today is the last day to sign up for 3DSxShanghai! A three-day caffeine-fueled marathon, 3DSxShanghai is a weekend challenge for tech entrepreneurs and Zuckerberg-wannabes to come up with a new idea workable idea in the space of a weekend. Sign up today for a chance to find out whether or not you have the requisite bill-paying skills. more ›

That's right! It's time again for video highlights from this year's International Humanoid Robot Olympic Games! Held in Hailin, Heilongjiang province, the competition consists of 30 different events and features the best humanoids China has to offer. And if you missed it, be sure to check out our highlights from last year as well!
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Elyse Ribbons shares with us this cute little video featuring snippets of Outlook English, an English-language talent competition organised by national broadcaster CCTV for young people, where she appeared as a "celebrity judge". Which "talents" are your favourites? more ›

Wow. We never thought we'd live to see this day. With so many American Idol / Britain's Got Talent copycat shows around here, you wouldn't think that the real deal would come to mainland China some day, but apparently it has, and they're starting auditions soon: more ›

Addicts beware: If you're like us and have been spending more than forty hours on the internet each week, then you're a prime candidate for internet "rehabilitation". But if you happen to miss out on the gulag-styled addiction camps, then chances are you've also been missing a whole lot of exercise, essential vitamins from sunlight, and being social. more ›

Surf's up in Hainan! For those of you surfing aficionados still wondering where to escape to from the cold winter, look no further and sign up for the Surfing Hainan 2009 Open now. The inaugural annual competition is set to take place January 10-11 next year on Hainan's east coast, which according to Brendan Sheridan, owner of Surfing Hainan, the Chinese surf company that is organising the competition, is "one of the last easily accessed tropical destinations in the world that still has virtually empty surf". more ›

Biology student Xu Peng from Shanghai's Fudan University has emerged winner of the CCTV Cup English Speaking Contest, China's top English-language oratorical competition. more ›

UPDATE: As we suspected, Miss Venezuela did win the contest. more ›