A man surnamed Li who was a member of a petty crime outfit selling fake iPhones was stabbed to death in the Henan capital of Zhengzhou, according to the Dahe Daily. more ›

Moral outrage and hand-wringing over teaching kids about sex? Staying up nights worrying over the thought of innocent children learning the function and geography naughty bits? An unnamed kindergarten in the Henan capital of Zhengzhou has managed to transcend traditionally retrograde attitudes on sex education, having reportedly taught 4 and 5-year-old children sex-ed since 2008. more ›

An investigative report by Henan Television uncovering the abuse at an old folks home in Zhengzhou has shocked people in the provincial capital and sparked a nationwide outrage. more ›

"POLICE in central China said they had busted a gay pornography website and detained 32 young women, including a 17-year-old, who allegedly wrote gay fictions for the site. Police in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province, said they had detained the website owner and his contracted writers for spreading obscene materials, the local Orient Today reported today. Police said the site provided nearly 80,000 gay fictions, including 1,500 with illegal porn descriptions, to about 600,000 registered members. Some fictions were open only to VIP readers who paid fees via cell phone. Its owner surnamed Wang, 28, said most fictions were written by women in their 20s in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing and other cities. Most writers said they were paid less than 100 yuan (US$15.23) for each short fiction and some hadn't received money yet. One writer, Long Juan, said she took the job out of "curiosity" because gay novels were quite popular online." [Shanghai Daily] more ›

Heating up the Chinese blogosphere is a comment made by an official in Henan: "Will you speak for the Party? Or will you speak for the people? (你是准备替党说话，还是准备替老百姓说话？)", insinuating that the two are mutually exclusive. Zhengzhou urban planning development vice director Lu Jun made the comment, allegedly in anger, to a reporter probing a suspicious property scheme. It was broadcast nationwide, nominated as the catch phrase for 2009, and Lu was named "the official who dares most to speak the truth" by Chinese netizens. Lu, who was suspended by his embarrassed superiors, has denied making the comment. Source: Shanghai Daily. Picture from SCOL (Chinese) more ›