An international phenomenon that started in China has finally made it back, almost instantaneously across many Chinese media outlets yesterday. The story is that a netizen from the UK who goes by markm49uk found a picture of a factory worker from Foxcon in Guangdong on his brand-spanking-new-straight-out-of-the-box iPhone. The photo is probably the result of someone testing the phone or just mucking around with them in the factory but because the worker is a sweet......

Two Shanghai software professionals have been deemed guilty of copyright infringement after selling pirated Microsoft programs. According to Shanghai Daily, the pair had bought genuine Microsoft software to get a permission agreement and added pirated software to it to make buyers believe they were buying the genuine article.Although we're used to hearing about Chinese copyright infringement, the China Tech News reports that a majority of pirated Olympic broadcasts were made outside of China: About 1,600......

From aujourdhuilachine.com: The Chinese web is astir with the news of a video showing a 17-year-old girl being repeatedly beaten by a group of girls and raped by four boys. A year after the actual events, a daily Chinese newspaper relates the story. On July, 3rd, a Mr Xiong contacts the Chinese daily newssite nndaily.com and tells them about the video: "I hope you will look into that." A journalist watches the video, showing a......

U.S., China make gains on investing [WSJ] "The U.S. and China initiated talks about a bilateral investment agreement and finalized a 10-year plan to cooperate on energy and the environment, a relatively successful conclusion to two days of talks that were also marked by simmering economic tensions."Foreign companies accused of not meeting China relief pledges [Forbes] "A surge of strongly nationalist rhetoric combined with misinformation to cast blame on foreign investors for failing to contribute......

Since the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD or 手足口病) first hit Fuyang in Anhui Province, more cases have been reported in at least five other provinces — Zhejiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangxi and Guangdong.622 new cases of the intestinal were reported in Anhui on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases to 5,151. 22 children have died in Fuyang and all kindergartens have been ordered shut.In Foshan, Guangdong Province, a third child has died from......

From the RFA Unplugged blog:Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Dongguan have dispatched several hundred riot police to Baima village, where a land dispute has flared into clashes with local residents. A Baima resident surnamed Li said on Dec. 27 the riot police were armed with truncheons and were beating villagers. His account has now been backed up by video shot at the scene of a middle-aged woman being beaten by riot police and......