The 2012 Strawberry Music Festival took place over the holiday weekend at Expo Park. Over 80 bands played at the three-day event, which covered a wide variety of acts and genres. Photos via Lijun Yao and Xinhua. more ›

Jaguar, Mercedes, Aston Martin and Lamborghini may all have brought their latest car designs to the stage at the ongoing Beijing International Auto Show, but the biggest stars at the fair were no doubt the model Gan Lulu (干露露) and her boobs. One of China's hottest internet icons last year, Gan shot to notoriety when her psycho mom uploaded a video of her naked in the shower to help her find a husband. The crazy antics of both mother and daughter were on full display in a subsequent catfight on the set of the talk show Lady Guagua. According to local media reports, Gan's eye-popping outfit almost touched off a small-scale unrest at the show. more ›

A huge quantity of capsules shells was found dumped into a drainage channel in Zhengzhou, He'nan province, turning the 300-meter long dyke ditch into a "river of rainbows" and even dying the water bluish green. more ›

The Intercontinental Shanghai Shimao Wonderland hotel will be built deep within a 100-meter pit in Songjiang District. more ›

Ma Yuan, a Han General, once claimed, "Horses are the foundation of military power, the great resources of the state but, should this falter, the state will fall." However, after almost two thousand years of protecting the northern and western borders, China is gradually putting it's once-vital cavalry out to pasture. more ›

The New Zealander Jonathan van Smit is a Hong Kong investment advisor by day, and an amateur Leica-toting street photographer by night. His portraits of urban dwellers evoke a gritty and unvarnished rendering of Hong Kong that is the underside of the city's modernity, and plays with the classic dichotomy of bums and prostitutes existing in a metropolis chock full of skyscrapers. more ›

The ongoing Two Sessions in Beijing -- the National People's Congress (ie., the legislature) and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (the top politcal advisory body) -- is the best time each year to observe Chinese democracy in action. You'll see happy minorities in all their ethnic finery, delegates decked out head to toe with the latest luxury items this season, and beautiful female journalists -- what more could anyone ask for? more ›

In honor of Women's Day, check out these successful female media professionals cooing in front of a microphone reporting on the Two Sessions published by People's Daily! Stay classy, official organ of the masses. more ›

An angry Chinese demonstrator named Du Jianguo burst in on World Bank President Robert Zoellick during a press conference on privatizing state-run business in China. Zoellick was addressing the World Bank's new "China 2030 report" - a report advocating for more control by China's private business sector - when Du stormed up to the podium, handing out protest pamphlets and yelling things like "This report from the World Bank is poison!" more ›

So this is what it looks like when two 10,000-ton vessels smush into each other. Last Saturday two cargo ships collided near the port of Shenzhen, most likely as a result of heavy fog. This particular collision luckily resulted in no casualties or oil leakage, just some nasty-looking hull damage. more ›

A group of 20 girls (and one guy who tagged along) took to the Bannan line of Taipei's MRT subway last week to participate in a cheap ploy for attention their own No Pants Subway Ride. The annual flashmob event generally takes place every January in various cities around the world, though we don't really think anyone will complain about the girls in Taipei being a month late to the no-pants party. more ›

Seriously, David Beckham? Though Xi Jinping might have Cultivated a Relaxed Image on his U.S. Trip, China's leader-in-waiting really couldn't compete with Mr. Posh Spice. Beckham evidently ignored the memo about the business casual dress code for Xi's visit to see the Lakers take on the Phoenix Suns at the Staples Center on Friday night. more ›

The Chendu Public Security Bureau formed a special SWAT unit of female officers in September, 2011. There of 10 of them, and they average 24 years of age. Go ahead and swoon, we are. more ›

In Chinese, 春运 (chūnyùn) refers to the extremely high traffic load surrounding Spring Festival each year when millions of Chinese make the trip home to visit their families and spend time in their hometowns. This year, 31.58 million are expected to travel, clogging China's roads and railways and testing the resolve and patience of workers and travelers alike. more ›

Similar to the Empty Chairs gallery published a few months ago, a gallery put together by Xinhua highlights the "One Family, Two Places" (一家两地) phenomenon of China's migrant workers. Approximately 58 million children are left behind by parents who move away to seek employment. Migrants are often barred from bringing their families due to the Hukou household registration system. more ›