Pandamonium: Mei Sheng turns one today
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SAN DIEGO  The San Diego Zoo&#39;s giant panda cub Mei Sheng will celebrate his first birthday today.
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One year ago, he was nearly hairless, pink and weighed about four ounces, less than most bagels. On Sunday, his first birthday, giant panda Tai Shan is an active, 56-pound cub and the star attraction of the National Zoo.
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WUJIANG, China -- Liao, a 28-year-old engineer, worked at a large electronics company in this coastal province town, two hours west of Shanghai. He helped decide where to place large production machines on the factory floor, and how many workers were needed on which assembly lines. Last year, he won...
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A leading Hong Kong anti-establishment activist who won a seat in the Chinese territory&#39;s legislature has been invited to a reception celebration China&#39;s National Day.
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The Fourth Plenary Session of the16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened here Thursday. During the four-day plenum, the CPC central committee will
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Approximately three hours ago, I decided to do mushrooms for the first time in nearly four years. Seemed as good a time as any. It's a sunny October day in Denver. Brown leaves constantly cascade on me as I walk down the sidewalk, blissfully trying to ignore the crackheads who think I'm a walking ATM and a group of ese's who are giving me the evil eye. Church bells are ringing (ringing...ringing really loud...does that always happen around noon?...shit) crazy black dudes are singing along with their 1991-era Walkmans. Everything was peaceful, and I felt at one with the universe.  Why oh why did I decide to fuck it all up by going to vote today?
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The Chinese New Year is a week old now and slowly life is getting back to normal in China. Even the firecrackers will stop waking me up at 6 in the morning, at least that&#8217;s what I hope. It&#8217;s the year of the golden pig, supposedly a lucky year to have a baby and I [...]
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Being female and Chinese in the classical music business are helpful in getting yourself noticed, but careers are built â and this one is building fast â on substance. Xian Zhang has it.
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China is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Deng Xiaoping, its late supreme leader. For most Chinese the diminutive figure was the man who set the country on a pragmatic reformist
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China&#39;s first network based on IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) formally entered operation on Saturday, according to the China Education and Research Network Information Center (CERNIC).
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By Shabina S. Khatri, Detroit Free Press  Mar. 8--What's growing inside Sonya Cook is a miracle of life.   Anchored within the abdomen of the 38-year-old African-American woman from Detroit are two tiny kidneys from a Chinese toddler, both growing to adapt to their new adult host.
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When President Hu Jintao opens the 17th  Chinese Communist Party congress on October 15, he will be  seeking to oust key rivals, name a successor and finally emerge  from the shadow of his once powerful predecessor, Jiang Zemin.
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[World News]: Beijing, Dec 27 : China has published a book in pure gold to mark the 111th birth anniversary of Chairman Mao Zedong, displaying his calligraphy skills.
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Miguel Angel Jimenez has set his sights on a first major after claiming a one-stroke victory in the Omega Hong Kong Open. Jimenez, 40, claimed a fifth victory of the year and
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BEIJING, Aug. 22. - Chinaâs month-long celebration of the birth centenary of its late leader Deng Xiaoping, chief architect of the countryâs reform and opening up drive, reached its climax today with
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Jiang Zemin waves to the people on parade on the Tiananmen Tower on Oct 1, 1999. A grand ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People&#39;s Republic of China is held that day.
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By Kris Sherman, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 18--Sometime in this new Year of the Pig, which begins today, Tacoma residents will be able to walk the pathways of Chinese Reconciliation Park.