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 For Chinese, Ikea a 
 Great Place to Nap 

In store, customers rest, eat rather than buy

Aug 25, 09 6:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - In Beijing, people flock to the local Ikea—but for many, it’s not about picking up new housewares. Instead, they spend the day napping in display beds, eating at the cafeteria, enjoying free soda refills, and posing in front of in-store displays, the Los Angeles Times reports. it's become... More »

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China • Beijing • Ikea • furniture

LOST IN TRANSLATION

Shanghai Seeks to Stamp Out 'Chinglish' Signs


Aug 25, 09 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Foreign tourists in Shanghai may soon have to go without the amusement of photographing signs in mangled English: City authorities, long embarrassed by the signs, are launching a campaign to root out "Chinglish" ahead of hosting the 2010 World Expo, the BBC reports. Student volunteers will check the city's... More »

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China • translation • Shanghai • World Expo

US Rep Headed to North Korea
for Nuke Talks

Bilateral negotiations would be first directly between nations

Aug 24, 09 10:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US diplomat in charge of North Korea policy will visit Pyongyang next month for the first bilateral nuclear negotiations between the countries, South Korea’s JoongAng Ilbo reports today. Amid signs from reclusive Kim Jong Il of a thaw in relations, Stephen Bosworth will lead a delegation that will... More »

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China • North Korea • Japan • nuclear weapons • diplomat • Kim Jong Il • six-party agreement • Obama administration • Stephen Bosworth

(Newser) - Visit Shanghai these days and you're likely to come across an unusual sight: More families having second children. The city—a key cog in China's economic boom—is aging fast thanks to the nation's 30-year-old one-child policy, writes Mark MacKinnon in the Toronto Globe and Mail. As a result, Shanghai... More »

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China • parents • Shanghai • one child policy

(Newser) - Three weeks ago, a well-dressed man carrying $600 in his sock wandered out of a Seattle park with no idea who he was or how he got there. His identity was a mystery until today, when the Seattle Times ran a story on its front page with his picture... More »

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China • Internet • chef • English • online newspapers • amnesia • Seattle Times • Edward Lighthart

(Newser) - South Korea scrubbed a planned satellite launch minutes before liftoff today, citing an unspecified technical error, reports the BBC. Seoul has been itching to join the Asian space race and has already produced 10 satellites for other countries' rockets. But the event had threatened to strain recently improved relations with... More »

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China • North Korea • South Korea • India • Japan • satellite • space race

(Newser) - Chinese furious about a lead smelting plant that has sickened some 600 children stormed the factory yesterday after a suicide attempt by teenager who feared she had been poisoned, reports the Wall Street Journal. Some 150 children have been hospitalized due to lead poisoning near the plant in northwest China's... More »

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China • health • Shanxi Province • protests • lead poisoning • contamination



 1-Dog Rule Gnaws on Chinese 

Owners refuse to give up pooches, despite crackdown

Aug 17, 09 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Guangzhou residents have gotten used to the one-child rule, but they’re drawing a line in the sand when it comes to their city’s new one-dog policy, ABC News reports. Most are ignoring or evading the month-old rule. “I’ll definitely not give up on my dogs, because... More »

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China • one child policy • Guangzhou • dog

(Newser) - Burma’s imprisoned opposition leader may be OK with a “new approach” toward the country’s oppressive military regime, Sen. Jim Webb told reporters today. Webb met with Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday, during his visit to the country. “It was my clear impression from her that... More »

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China • Jim Webb • sanctions • economic sanctions • Myanmar • Burma • Aung San Suu Kyi

(Newser) - Ai Weiwei, China's leading artist and a prominent critic of the country's government, said yesterday he was beaten and detained when he tried to testify at a civil rights advocate's trial. Ai told the New York Times that dozens of police officers barged into his hotel room in Chengdu, the... More »

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China • Chinese art • civil rights • earthquake • Sichuan province • Ai Weiwei

 US Grads Turn to China 


Aug 11, 09 5:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Large numbers of American graduates shut out of the job market at home are turning to the East for opportunities, the New York Times reports. A surge of young Americans have left to try their luck in Shanghai and Beijing in recent years, attracted by the strong economy and the... More »

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China • entrepreneurs • Beijing • Shanghai • expatriates • college graduates • women's issues

  Taiwan Mudslide Buries 500 
 in Wake of Typhoon 

Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, China hit; at least 35 dead

Aug 10, 09 9:48 AM CDT
(AP) - A typhoon-spawned mudslide engulfed a mountain village in southern Taiwan, burying up to 600 people, a police official and a rescued villager said today. Earlier, Typhoon Morakot had struck the Philippines, leaving at least 22 dead. Another typhoon slammed into Japan's west coast today, bringing heavy rain that triggered floods... More »

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China • weather • Japan • severe weather • Taiwan • storm • evacuation • Philippines • typhoon • natural disaster • mudslide • Typhoon Morakot

(Newser) - Typhoon Morakot shredded homes, sent water gushing over banks, and uprooted trees in southeast China yesterday, leaving thousands of people stranded. The storm left a trail of destruction in the Philippines and Taiwan, killing dozens, before striking China's coast. The storm's eye turned the sky black and torrential rains washed... More »

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China • severe weather • Taiwan • evacuation • typhoon • Typhoon Morakot

(Newser) - China's version of eBay is flourishing despite a crawling global economy and critics accusing the company of abetting black marketeers, the New York Times reports. Started 6 years ago, Taobao.com offers free listings, which forced eBay out of China and lured 120 million users who generate $15 billion in... More »

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China • eBay • Chinese economy • Taobao • economy • online sales

(Newser) - Some one million people on China's southeast coast have fled ahead of a massive typhoon spawning 30-foot waves and packing 74 mph winds, reports the BBC. Typhoon Morakot made landfall early today in Fujan Province after authorities sent more than 8 million text messages warning residents to evacuate. Morakot dumped... More »

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China • Taiwan • flooding • Philippines • typhoon • landslide • natural disaster

Teen Beaten to Death at Camp for Internet Addicts

Staff killed 16-year-old for running too slowly

Aug 5, 09 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Chinese teen was beaten to death by staff at a boot camp in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Global Times reports. The parents of Deng Senshan, 16, paid $1,024 to send him to the Guangxi Qihang Survival Training Camp to cure his Internet addiction. Deng was put in... More »

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China • murder • boot camp • Internet addiction • beatings • teenager • Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

China Trusts Prostitutes More Than Politicians

Oldest profession comes in third in poll; farmers are tops

Aug 4, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Chinese people trust prostitutes more than they trust politicians, scientists, or soldiers, according to a new survey from Insight China Magazine. Sex workers finished third, the BBC reports, with 7.9% of the vote, just behind farmers and religious workers. “A list like this is at the same... More »

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China • prostitute • survey • farmers • politicians

China Recruits Astronauts: Bad-Breathed Need Not Apply 

'Super human beings' must meet 100 criteria

Aug 3, 09 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - China’s looking for astronauts for its new space program, but getting the job won’t be easy: Applicants must conform to some 100 specs, including a ban on bad breath, the BBC reports. “Bad body odor will affect fellow colleagues in the narrow confines of a space shuttle,... More »

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China • astronauts • breath • spouse

China Isolates Town After 2
Die of Plague

10,000 quarantined in Tibetan region after outbreak at funeral

Aug 3, 09 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - China has quarantined a remote town of 10,000 after two people died of pneumonic plague, one of the world's deadliest diseases. The Times of London reports that the first victim died after burying his dog, and 11 people at the funeral then fell ill, one fatally. Pneumonic plague is... More »

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China • plague • quarantine • Tibetans

(Newser) - China is speeding up efforts to encourage the use of its currency in international trading, with analysts predicting that the Chinese renminbi will become one of the three top currencies by 2012, reports the Times of London. In recent months Beijing has inked currency-swap deals with central banks from Korea... More »

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China • currency • yuan • Chinese economy • US dollar • foreign currency • renminbi

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