The WSJ speaks to one woman who says Hong Kong's skyrocketing apartment prices are increasingly out of reach for her and her family.
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It's just what Macau needed -- yet another casino. The WSJ's Kate O'Keeffe visits the new $2 billion Galaxy Casino which aims to set itself apart from the competition by delivering the ultimate "Asian" experience.
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WSJ: "China's local liquor market is booming, with foreign investors pushing new liquors into the market. But despite increasingly diverse offerings, a fiery traditional spirit - baijiu - is still a mainstay of Chinese drinkers."
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Owen Fletcher of the WSJ reports, "It wasn’t as dramatic as in years past, when intellectual property authorities used steam-rollers instead of shredding machines, but what a recent Chinese anti-piracy activity lacked in heavy machinery it more than made up for in quantity."
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"A special bus arrives. A conflict with the mayor ensues. Nearly a week after a Japanese fishing village was hit by a catastrophic tsunami, a group of Chinese workers employed at the fish processing plants there learned they were going home." [WSJ]
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The WSJ has a funny little interview with Li Kejia, a 26-year-old Beijing native, who bought herself a pet bunny to bring her good fortune in the Year of the Rabbit. She's already wondering what she'll get herself next in the Year of the Dragon!
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Ministry of Tofu called our attention a few days ago to recent gaffe by the official Chinese media. On January 23, CCTV aired a special about military air force training, showing one clip supposedly of a J-20 stealth jet blowing up another aircraft with a missile. An astute netizen immediately pointed out similarities between the CCTV footage and that of a scene from Top Gun. WSJ Real Time Report has now provided a juxtaposition of the two videos, showing even more clearly than the screen shots that this was obviously a faked clip. more ›

Though Shanghai's latitude makes it pretty hard for us to see snowfall, northern China has been blanketed by it for days. As it's pretty rare for the area around Beijing to get snow this early in the cold season, the torrents have brought about some complications and tragedies, but also joy. more ›

Loretta Chao of the Wall Street Journal looks at the Olympic tradition of pin trading and talks to several Olympic pin fans. For those of you in Beijing and interested in taking a look at exactly what these pin traders do and how they bargain with each other, visit Coke’s "Shuang Zone" at Chaoyang Park. more ›

Lam Thuy Vo of the Wall Street Journal discovers that China has been training close to 600 women in the art of cheerleading with the help of cheerleaders from the New England Patriots, the U.S. football team, and Chinese choreographers. The ladies were selected in 24 competitions nationwide and will be cheering at every Olympic event — and not just basketball and volleyball events. Intent on injecting Chinese characteristics into what is otherwise an all-American art, the girls will be twirling not just be twirling pompoms but also Chinese fans and nunchuks! That first sequence you see in the vid also reminds of this particular Chinese dance. more ›