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China's Superrich Swoon at Luxury Auto Show

Some 'collectors' don't even plan to drive the cars

(Newser) - As the ranks of millionaires and billionaires swell in China, there’s an increasing demand for luxury goods in the country. This year marks the first time China is hosting its own version of Top Marques, the luxury auto show that began eight years ago in Monaco. Ferraris and Lamborghinis...

Chinese Strip to Support Ai Weiwei

Pornography probe provokes dissident artist's supporters

(Newser) - Supporters of outspoken artist Ai Weiwei are using their bodies as well as their cash to defend him against the Chinese government. In response to news that an Ai assistant might face pornography charges over a nude photo he took of Ai with four women last year, scores of supporters—...

Apple Now Takes Chinese Currency for Apps

It welcomes the yuan, and a huge new market

(Newser) - iPhone, iPod, and iPad apps can now be paid for with Chinese yuan. Customers of more than 20 Chinese banks are now able to use the yuan to purchase apps for their Apple devices, while previously they were required to use a dual-currency credit card—an obstacle that encouraged many...

Man Set Self Ablaze in Tiananmen Square: Witness

Chinese state media didn't report Oct. 21 incident

(Newser) - In what's believed to be the first of self-immolation in the infamous and heavily-policed Tiananmen Square since 2001, the Telegraph reports that a man set himself on fire there. The incident is also unusual in that Chinese state media didn’t report the Oct. 21 incident—instead, a Telegraph...

President Obama Announces Increased Military Presence in Australia, Insists US Does Not Fear China
 Obama: US Not Afraid of China 
Nov 16, 2011 12:40 PM CST

Obama: US Not Afraid of China

President announces increased military presence in Australia

(Newser) - The US and Australia announced a new security agreement today, seen by many as a response to China’s growing power, but President Obama insisted that “the notion that we fear China is mistaken.” Under the agreement, the US military presence will be expanded, with about 250 Marines...

18 Kindergarteners Killed in China Crash

School minibus carrying 63 had just 9 seats

(Newser) - Tragedy in China, where officials say an overloaded school minibus crashed head-on with a truck in the rural western part of the country today, killing at least 18 kindergarten children on their way to class. Some 62 children and two adults were crowded into the bus, which had just nine...

China Awards Peace Prize to ... Putin?

Because he opposed NATO's Libya campaign

(Newser) - China’s Nobel Peace Prize knock-off has selected its second winner: Vladimir Putin. Apparently Russia’s once and future president has been "outstanding in keeping world peace" this year, Confucius Peace Prize organizer Qiao Damo tells the AFP . How so? "Putin was against NATO’s idea to bomb...

World&#39;s Priciest Tea Made Using Truly Gross Ingredient
World's Priciest Tea Made Using Truly Gross Ingredient
hint: it involves pandas
Nov 15, 2011 10:18 AM CST

World's Priciest Tea Made Using Truly Gross Ingredient

Wildlife expert plans to use panda poo to make $36K-per-pound tea

(Newser) - If you thought the world's most expensive coffee was disgustingly weird, you haven't seen anything yet: A wildlife expert in China is trying to make the world's priciest tea. The costly ingredient? Panda poop. An Yanshi plans to use the feces he has collected from a panda...

50 Trapped in China Mine Cave-In

Rescuers pull 7 from rubble; 4 killed

(Newser) - Rescuers pulled seven injured miners to the surface today and were trying to reach 50 others trapped after a cave-in at a coal mine in central China, state media reported. Four miners were killed when the cave-in blasted rock into the mine shaft last night and 14 managed to escape,...

Condi: We Feared We Were Poisoned

But detected deadly White House toxin turned out to be false alarm

(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice recounted the day that she, President Bush, and Dick Cheney believed they had been exposed to a lethal toxin by terrorists. Cheney suddenly appeared on a secure video conference screen just weeks after 9/11 while Rice and Bush were traveling in China for the APEC summit. He warned...

Cain Doesn't Realize China Has Nuclear Weapons

He tells PBS China is 'trying to develop nuclear capabilities'

(Newser) - Herman Cain might just be a wee bit misinformed about China. In a quick exchange from his PBS News Hour interview last night, spotted by Raw Story , Cain was asked if China was a military threat. “Yes, they’re a military threat,” he replied. "They’ve indicated...

Ai Weiwei's New Tax Bill From China: $2.4M

They're 'trying to scare me,' says Chinese dissident

(Newser) - Months after he was released from detention on tax-evasion charges, China’s leading activist artist has been delivered a $2.4 million tax bill. “The police have been trying to pressure me to just pay the bill, trying to scare me, warning that if I don't pay I'...

Protein Made From Rice Can Cure Disease

HSA can also treat burns and traumatic shock

(Newser) - Scientists in China say they've extracted a protein from rice that can treat liver disease, burns, and traumatic shock. The breakthrough could lead to increased production of the protein, called HSA, which is "physically and chemically equivalent" to the HSA found in human blood and has been in...

China Might Be Hacking Our Satellites

NASA confirms 'suspicious activity' from a few years back

(Newser) - Somebody's been poking around electronically in two US satellites, and, yes, we're looking at you, China. It seems hackers interfered with the satellites—a Landsat-7 and a Terra AM-1, both used for climate and terrain observation—four separate times in 2007 and 2008, reports Bloomberg , which got an...

Europe Asks China for Bailout Help

But China wants guarantees first

(Newser) - The head of the eurozone bailout fund met with Chinese leaders yesterday to urge them to invest in its rescue scheme. No agreement has been reached yet—indeed, Klaus Regling said that there weren’t even formal negotiations—but the expectation is that China will toss about $100 billion into...

China's Censors Crack Down on Bloggers

Microblogs, TV muzzled to prevent 'excessive entertainment'

(Newser) - After years of appearing to lighten up, China’s Communist Party is clamping down on free expression. This week it ordered 34 major satellite television stations to limit themselves to two 90-minute entertainment shows a week, and to broadcast state-approved news daily, the New York Times reports. Government officials say...

Tenth Tibetan Monk Sets Himself on Fire

China calls it a form of 'terrorist activity'

(Newser) - The recent self-immolation craze may have started in Tunisia, but no one’s been as devoted to it as Tibet’s Buddhist monks. Yet another monk reportedly set himself on fire yesterday in protest of Chinese rule, making him the tenth to do so since March, according to the AP...

China Police Arrest 2 in Toddler's Death

Drivers could face up to 15 years in prison

(Newser) - Chinese police have arrested two drivers for running over a 2-year-old girl in southern China, then continuing on without helping her, reports AP . The child died a few days later in a case that has attracted huge media coverage and much national soul-searching. Eighteen passers-by ignored the toddler as she...

Chinese Hit-and-Run Toddler Dies

Yueyue succumbs to injuries as nation debates tragedy

(Newser) - The Chinese toddler who was run over by two vans and then ignored by more than a dozen passers-by has died. "Her injuries were too severe and the treatment had no effect," said the director of the intensive care unit where 2-year-old Yueyue was treated. The case has...

Tibetan Nun Sets Self Ablaze
 Tibetan Nun Sets Self Ablaze 
Oct 18, 2011 6:00 AM CDT

Tibetan Nun Sets Self Ablaze

Woman dies after 9th clergy self-immolation since March

(Newser) - A Tibetan nun protesting China's policies has died after setting herself on fire outside a nunnery in Sichuan province, the Free Tibet group says. The 20-year-old woman, who called for religious freedom in Tibet and the return of the Dalai Lama, is the ninth Buddhist clergy member—and the...

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