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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Mike Kim

Mike Kim relays the challenges of helping North Koreans escape to safety and freedom in China.

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Two-year-old 'world's youngest smoker'

A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy from the city of Tianjin in China is the world's youngest smoker. Well, at least the youngest to admit... more

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China babies "sold" for adoptipon

Dozens of baby girls in southern China have reportedly been taken from parents who broke family-planning laws, and then sold for... more

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China angry at Australia's Dalai Lama visit

The Chinese Government has reacted angrily to an Australian parliamentary delegation's visit to meet Tibet's spiritual... more

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TWO Year-Old Smokes a Pack a Day

A two-year-old Chinese boy, whose father taught him how to smoke, now smokes a pack a day. He's so hooked on ciggies... more

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The Longest Way. 5,000km across China.

The Longest Way, a video made by Christoph Rehage as he walked 5,000km across China. He took a picture of himself each day (from... more

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Mekong faces 'devastating' threat from proposed dams

It is the life blood for tens of millions of people -- but the mighty Mekong River in southeast Asia is now facing a... more

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Should Google give in to China's demands and stop serving porn

Google has found itself in a bit of hot water lately with the Chinese Government over serving pornography results. Should they... more

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Techno Maoism

Interesting post about the trend among China's angry, anti-west youth, who are attempting to fight "anti-China... more

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Chinese woman boiled man's head to cure daughter's psychiatric problems

A Chinese woman boiled a man's head in a soup because she believed it would cure her daughter's psychiatric problems, a... more

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Riots lead to mass censorship

Gmail and google has been totally blocked. Access via vpn and proxies is possible.

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U.S.-China Military Talks Resume - Sigh of Relief!

BEIJING — Chinese and American officials on Wednesday gave a positive assessment of their military talks aimed at addressing the growing nuclear threat from North Korea and a series of naval skirmishes that have marred relations between the countries.

The two days of dialogue were the first military talks since December, when China broke off annual military exchanges to protest a $6.5 billion arms deal between the United States and Taiwan, which China considers a renegade province.

Although there were no measurable achievements, both sides agreed to another round of high-level military talks next month intended to ease tensions that have been heightened by China’s increasing assertiveness in the South China Sea.

In the latest episode, a Chinese submarine damaged a piece of sonar equipment being towed by an American naval ship three weeks ago. China later described the collision as an accident.

During other, more aggressive confrontations this year, Chinese fishing vessels have menaced American surveillance ships during routine patrols. The United States insists that the intelligence-gathering missions are allowed under international law, an assertion that China has repeatedly challenged.

China on Wednesday played down the skirmishes, saying that both countries should increase communication to minimize potential conflict.

“Our two sides agreed to work together to avoid such incidents from happening again, since such incidents will surely have a negative impact on our bilateral relations in general,” Lt. Gen. Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, said at a news conference on Wednesday.

Michele Flournoy, the under secretary of defense for policy and General Ma’s American counterpart in the discussions, echoed that sentiment, saying there was no reason such “accidents” should harm relations, even if the two countries remained at odds over the definition of international waters. “We have to put the safety of mariners first and foremost,” she said in a separate news conference.

During talks about North Korea’s nuclear weapons ambitions, Ms. Flournoy said Chinese military officials reiterated their support for United Nations Security Council sanctions that seek to punish North Korea for the detonation of a nuclear device last month. “There is very much a shared objective to getting North Korea to change course and return to a verifiable path to denuclearization,” she said.

This month, the Security Council unanimously passed a package of sanctions that, among other things, calls upon member states to inspect suspect ships at sea, or direct them to a nearby port if they refuse. Although General Ma described North Korea’s nuclear pursuits as a “serious concern,” he did not indicate whether China would countenance the search of the Kang Nam, a North Korean vessel en route to the Strait of Malacca that is suspected of carrying conventional weapons.

The United States Navy is monitoring the ship, which may be headed toward Myanmar, but North Korea has warned that interception would be seen as a declaration of war.BEIJING — Chinese and American officials on Wednesday gave a positive assessment of their military talks aimed at addressing... more