The Zhejiang city of Yongkang (永康) recently witnessed a series of attacks from a helmeted brick-wielding thief, who robbed his victims while they were depositing and withdrawing money from the city's ATM machines. more ›

Changchun police have arrested a murderer who has been wanted for 16 years straight in Yangquan, Shaanxi Province. The murderer, as it turns out, is a member of the local CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference) named Hou Jun (侯军). more ›

• In China, a new breed of dissidents [WSJ] "Political consciousness is beginning to spread," says Merle Goldman, professor emerita of history at Boston University and associate at Harvard University's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. "Ordinary people use the term 'rights' now," she says. "The problem is, of course, that there's not much they can do about it at this point. But the concept is there."
• Nine cases added to mainland total [Shanghai Daily] "The Guangdong Health Department said last night that three new cases in Shenzhen had been confirmed. They were two Chinese sisters aged 18 and 20 who flew in from New York on Thursday and a 13-year-old Canadian girl who arrived in Shenzhen from Canada on Saturday."
• 'Mass hysteria' in Jilin: Fair call, or fog? [Caijing] "More than 1,000 workers at the Jilin Chemical Fibre Group Co. Ltd. in the northeastern city of Jilin reported dizziness, nausea and other symptoms during a three-week health crisis that so far has defied clear explanation."