When I tell my Chinese friends that in the late 19th-century, America was a land of billionaire tycoons and sex scandals, whose economy was built on slave labor and lax ... Read More

Sandstorms and the creeping desert are threatening to sweep away the northwestern most section of the Great Wall, The Guardian reports. This is just the latest force to imperil the most ... Read More

EastSouthWestNorth posts a list of English and Chinese words filtered by China's internet censors. He writes, "Even if you cannot read Chinese, you can read the English-language terms and ... Read More

Spa-goers at Dianchi Chuntian in Kunming exfoliate by bathing in pools teeming with flesh-eating fish. By flesh, I mean those dead sells sitting on the surface of your skin. These ... Read More

After over 70 years spent embracing foreign ideologies (first communism, then capitalism) and executing an often brutal offense against traditional culture, many Chinese are heading back toward their roots for ... Read More

Angry Peasants and Performance Art I'm not a fan of most Chinese contemporary visual art--I'm of the camp who believes too many are selling out and intentionally avoiding politics--but the performance ... Read More

The Beijing Tourism Bureau--along with a team of 20 language and food service industry experts--is hard at work making it easier for Olympic attendees to order their favorite Chinese dishes ... Read More

These days, some women will do anything for money. What's Hot in China Today? writes about a beauty pageant, of a sort, for single women where the judges are millionaires. ... Read More

Fortunately I don't live in Shanghai. If I did, I'd have three choices: 1) kick out my roommate 2) find a new place to live or 3) cross my ... Read More

Lust, Caution, an erotic Chinese thriller by Oscar-winning director Ang Lee (Sense & Sensibility; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Brokeback Mountain), will air in China later this month despite its racy ... Read More