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A video of a Beijing street cleaner speaking 'fluent' (not really, but definitely not bad) English recently went viral on the Chinese web, with many commenters bemoaning their comparative...
by James Griffiths, 24 October 2013
Beijing issued an orange smog alert, the second highest, for the first time last week. This photo shows how bad the pollution is: an air filter after one day's use (left) and just an...
by James Griffiths, 26 February 2014
A passenger plane carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing has lost contact with air traffic control after leaving the Malaysian capital, Xinhua reports.
by James Griffiths, 08 March 2014
In a bald-faced attempt to get unblocked in China, the New York Times reports that New Delhi air is 'more laden with dangerous small particles of pollution' than Beijing's.
by James Griffiths, 26 January 2014
According to Xinhua, the Chinese government is planning to reform the country's One Child Policy. The new system will allow couples to have two children where one parent is an only child....
by James Griffiths, 15 November 2013
China Post is to issue a four-edition stamp set on November 16 depicting various moments in the life of Mao Zedong in honour of the 120th anniversary of the former leader's birth (on...
by James Griffiths, 15 November 2013
Surgeons in Beijing removed a blossoming dandelion from a one year old girl's left ear canal after a seed somehow found its way into the space around four months ago.
by James Griffiths, 28 November 2013
America's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) published this satellite image of the smog currently enveloping much of northern China.
by James Griffiths, 26 October 2013
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