• Dead fish have formed a 2-km-long, 2-meter-wide belt in a reservoir in northeast China. "The water has turned dark and stunk since the thick ice layer completely melted early this month. More and more dead fish have appeared, making the odor even stronger," said a worker of the Tuanjie Reservoir in Liaoning. [China.org.cn]
• Gao Zhisheng, in his first exclusive interview since he resurfaced two weeks ago after a year of captivity, said he didn't wish to discuss his disappearance and that he was planning on quitting his activism in hopes that he can reunite with his family. [Associated Press]
• Things are amiss at Foxconn, the company that manufactures iPads and iPhones for Apple. It's had a whopping four suicide attempts by employees in the last month. [Telegraph]

This doesn't give us much confidence about the water quality in Shanghai: thousands of fish suddenly died yesterday in a Pudong river, according to Xinmin. About 10,000 dead river carp floated down the 1,500-meter stretch of Sanlin river to Sanlin Port and have started to decay and stink. The residents around the area at first started picking up the carp to eat, coming with barrels and plastic containers, but became scared when more and more fish showed up dead. Right now, the district environmental protection authority is saying that all the fish died thanks to a lack of oxygen - low air pressure and a new pump station could have made the water inhospitable. But they can't be completely sure until actual tests come in. Sounds... fishy. Photo from treehugger more ›