China News – China – That’s China

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

China's largest cockroach farm will haunt your dreams

Shanghaiist brings our attention to this skin-crawlingly-disgusting video of the 'largest cockroach farm in China', which houses an estimated 10 million cockroaches.

by James Griffiths, 24 October 2013

'Boob Manipulation' app lets you grope models on your phone

Apple Daily reports on a new 'erotic fantasy app' which has surfaced in the Android Market that allows users to manipulate photos of boobs that is probably slightly erotic if you're...

by James Griffiths, 24 October 2013