1. EXPLAINER: How every Chinese province really got its name
From Black Dragon River to South of the Clouds, what do the names of China's 27 provinces and autonomous regions really mean, and how did they get them? Glad you asked...
2. Obama reacts hilariously after Xi Jinping ignores US journalist's question
After Xi side-stepped a question from a New York Times reporter on why foreign journalists are being denied visas to work in China, Barack Obama produced a facial expression for the ages.
3. Chongqing college now offering course on online strategy game DOTA
Great news for gamers, otaku, diaosi and zhainan everywhere: Chongqing Energy College is not offering university credits for playing strategy game Defense of the Ancients!
4. EXPLAINER: Why Beijing gets central heating, yet Shanghai is left out in the cold
The fact that Beijingers get to be snug as bugs inside while Shanghainese shiver in their shikumen may be unfair, but at least it's not unexplained - not anymore!
5. Putin just put the moves on Peng Liyuan during APEC
In case you live under a rock and missed the biggest diplomatic scandal of the century week, Russian president Vlad Putin audaciously get Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan warm at the APEC opening ceremony in Beijing.
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