After dissident-artist Ai Weiwei (艾未未) was freed from an 81-day detention and slapped with a RMB15 million fine for tax evasion, a princely sum he has been given 15 days to cough up, his mother Ai Ying (高瑛) did what any mother would. She began looking for things to sell. Together with her other son Ai Dan (艾丹), she announced that the former residence of her husband, the poet Ai Qing (艾青), was now up for sale. more ›

China's ongoing battle against porn has seen many valiant battles: internet crackdowns against illegal pornographic sites, bans on sexting, and even a youth crusade against yellow material. But even with China's best and brightest censors on the case, China always needs more help stopping smut. And what better force to combat porn than a justice league of mothers? Sixty mothers were selected from a pool of over 200 eager applicants to be internet watchdogs and report material not safe for children. Watch out kids, you better remember to clear your internet browser's history, or else you might find your favorite questionable sites blocked! more ›

China is still lagging behind national and global breastfeeding targets, according to China Daily. Just 45.3% of newborns were breastfed for a full for months and only 20% of mothers breastfeed their infants for at least six months. WHO targets suggest that all infants six months or younger be fully breastfed. Part of the reason has been the "aggressive promotion of baby formula products" which mislead young mothers through exaggerations that their product make babies "smarter" and "healthier." This is despite the whole melanine scandal, which seems to have little impact despite all the unfortunate deaths. more ›

We've probably all seen Chinese parents helping their kids relieve themselves of a little pee on Shanghai's charming streets - and we've gotten somewhat used to that - but we don't know if we'll ever get over some of them actually helping their children go number two. more ›

From Danwei:

This series of spoof Sanlu ads is getting scrubbed from video sharing sites. Here's a copy from Ku6. The country bumpkin voice-over parodies the original ads, saying that Sanlu powder guarantees kidney stones.

本人家住华阳双楠名筑，自家娃娃3个月。因奶水丰富，每天都浪费很多。愿意再哺养一名婴儿，日收费300元，可协商。有需要的请联系。联系人：黄女士。小灵通：028-XXXXXXXX.座机：XXXXXXX more ›

- Security tight as memorials held over 1989 China crackdown [Channel News Asia] more ›

Several tales of motherly love have emerged and are being repeated throughout several Chinese stations and media:

• One mother was found buried dead while still suckling her three month old.
• One picture of a female police officer Jiang Xiaojuan has been making its rounds on the internet. A new mother herself, Jiang has been breastfeeding eight babies orphaned by the quake.
• A third baby was found by rescue workers alive in the arms of his mother who unfortunately didn't make it. Rescue workers also found a mobile phone with the text message, "Honey, if you make it through this, please remember that I love you." The veracity of this particular story has already been questioned by netizens. ESWN in a post "How about less faked touching news?":

  Some netizens pointed out that this story was the one reported in The First and Beijing Evening News. Both of those newspapers sourced their stories to Tianfu Morning News and they were using mostly the same words. Both newspapers said that the child was about 10 month old. The newspapers said that the child was found underneath the body of the mother, but there was no mention of any mobile phone with a SMS on the screen. The SMS was the most moving part of the story, but the newspapers did not mention it. So the Tianya poster was either making things up, or he was an eyewitness, or he learned it from hearsay, or these are two completely stories. It is most likely that this story was made up, because there was no name, time or place. more ›