The difference between Mainlanders and Hong Kongers is that the former have votes but do not know who they are electing, while most of the latter do not have votes but know who they are electing. more ›

An e-mail allegedly sent to Chinese university students from Facebook says the Palo Alto-based social media giant is now recruiting around 900 employees globally and wants gruaduates from 5 mainland universities, including Tsinghua University in Beijing. more ›

Yuanyuan and Tuantuan, two giant pandas who made the headlines two years ago when Taiwan's government refused to accept them as a gift from mainland China, will now at long last be moving to Taiwan. Since the pandas' names together form the word "tuanyuan" (团圆) or "reunion", the gift was seen as having rather political undertones. With the newly elected KMT ruling the island, the welcoming of these two cuddly bears might be viewed as a symbol for a closer relationship with the mainland. more ›