Children in Shanghai walk past a special edition Hummer SUV at an exhibition of luxury goods in 2006. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) Despite a Chinese company's wish to buy the bankrupt General ... Read More

Chinese fans of Michael Jackson observe a three minute silence during a candle light memorial to commemorate him in Beijing, China. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) Chinese fans of Michael Jackson ... Read More

Do they make nicorette milk? (Bohai Morning News photo) Apparently the youngest smoker in the world is two-year-old Tong Liangliang from Tianjin, who has a pack-a-day habit. Already, online social networks are ... Read More

Beijing skyline from the Western Mountains. (Photo by Guang Niu/Getty Images) The Asia Society has a fascinating web site devoted to China's air quality. It includes a daily photograph of the ... Read More

They're supposed to report the news, not make the news. (Stockbyte photo - Not a picture of Fang Jing) China Central Television news anchor Fang Jing's good name has been restored. ... Read More

A picture of Euna Lee at a vigil for her and Laura Ling in San Francisco on June 3. (Steve Rhodes/Flickr) Laura Ling and Euna Lee, two American journalists that were ... Read More

I was 12 years old when I watched my parents, visibly shaken, and glued to images of a China in turmoil on television in our American living room. It was ... Read More

Euna Lee (left) and Laura Ling have been held in North Korea since March 17. (YONHAP/AFP/Getty Images) North Korea is likely trying two American journalists for "hostile acts" as I write ... Read More

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks during a meeting with Wang Qishan, Chinese Vice Premier in Beijing on Monday. (Andy Wong-Pool/Getty Images) In his first visit to China since becoming the ... Read More