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Obama 'lookalike' suing Chinese clothing store for using his face in ads

An Indonesian man who works as a Barack Obama 'lookalike' is seeking 600,000 yuan ($98,640) in damages from an unnamed Chinese company for using his face in adverts, Beijing Times reports....

by James Griffiths, 25 October 2013

160,000 pieces of litter cleared from stretch of Qinghai-Tibet 'road to heaven'

40 volunteers spent six days clearing almost 160,000 pieces of litter from a 450 kilometre (280 mile) stretch of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, known as the 'road to heaven'.

by James Griffiths, 25 October 2013

NYT gives South China Sea the 'Snowfall' approach

The New York Times has published a 'Snowfall'-style multimedia parallax scrolling all-kinds-of-awesome-looking piece on disputed territories in the South China Sea: 'A Game of Shark...

by James Griffiths, 25 October 2013

Giant Lei Feng statue erected in Changsha hometown

A 30 metre (98 ft) statue of Lei Feng has been erected in Changsha's Wangcheng district, the hometown of the Communist hero.

by James Griffiths, 25 October 2013

Burned teenager recovering after facial transplant

A 17 year old girl from Fujian province who suffered severe burns as a young child is recovering after a face transplant, Xinhua reports.

by James Griffiths, 25 October 2013

Shandong court rejects Bo Xilai's appeal against life sentence

A court in Jinan, Shandong province has officially rejected Bo Xilai's appeal. His original sentence to life in prison is upheld, Xinhua reports.

by James Griffiths, 25 October 2013

Man arranges online hookup with woman who turns out to be son's wife

A 57 year old Heilongjiang man was shocked to discover that the woman he'd met online and arranged to meet at a hotel was his son's wife.

by James Griffiths, 25 October 2013

Hunan village officials spent 10m yuan on 7-story building for just 8 staff

Officials of Yungai Village near Changsha, Hunan province spent 10 million yuan ($1.64 million) on a seven-story office building to house just eight people.

by James Griffiths, 25 October 2013