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Toddler Who Fell 10 Stories Wakes From Coma

Niu Niu had not opened her eyes for 10 days after fall

(Newser) - A Chinese toddler who fell 10 stories and survived after being caught by a passer-by woke up from a 10-day coma and called out to her parents, state media reported today. The 2-year-old girl was left unattended and fell from her family's apartment window in eastern Zhejiang province on...

Show-Off Mistress Tips Chinese to Red Cross Graft

Charity accused of embezzling public donations

(Newser) - One young woman's online boasting will likely derail the gravy train for a lot of people involved with the Red Cross Society of China. After the 20-year-old vamp's posts on China's equivalent of Twitter showed her with luxury cars and designer goods and identified her as a...

Nepal Bans Birthday Parties for Dalai Lama

...over fears gatherings would turn anti-Chinese

(Newser) - Nepalese authorities prevented exiled Tibetans from celebrating the Dalai Lama's 76th birthday today over concerns that gatherings would turn anti-Chinese. Hundreds of riot police blocked Tibetans from entering a school on the northern edge of Katmandu where the celebrations were planned. Only students wearing school uniforms were allowed inside...

China Plans Massive Surveillance Network

Cisco, other Western companies are poised to help

(Newser) - China is preparing a surveillance network with an area bigger than New York City—and Cisco is among the Western companies set to help. China says the system of up to 500,000 cameras is aimed at preventing crime, but human rights advocates fear it could be used to stamp...

Rare Zebra-Donkey Hybrid Born in China

Half-zebra, half-donkey ... is it a 'zebrass'?

(Newser) - Whether you call it a "zonkey" or a "donkra," one thing is sure: The creature born Sunday at a zoo in Southeast China is certainly rare. So far the foal—a cross between a female zebra and a male donkey who freely occupied the same enclosure—looks...

China Scrambling to Build Its Own Drones

The rest of the world is eager to catch up to US

(Newser) - The showstopper at this year’s Zhuhai air show in China doesn’t need a pilot. Visitors were shown a video of the WJ-600 drone finding and transmitting targeting info on something that looked suspiciously like a US aircraft carrier near an island that looked suspiciously like Taiwan, the Washington ...

Burning Coal Slowed Climate Change: Study

Sulfur pollution masked effect of CO2 emissions

(Newser) - The vast amounts of coal China burned during the 2000s may have actually slowed down climate change, according to a new study. Researchers believe the sulfur pollution caused by burning coal deflected the sun's rays, causing a temporary plateau in warming, the AP reports. But while sulfur drops out...

Chinese Mock &#39;Worst Photoshop Ever&#39;
 Chinese 
 Mock 'Worst 
 Photoshop Ever' 
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Jul 3, 2011 6:28 PM CDT

Chinese Mock 'Worst Photoshop Ever'

Nation laughs at pic of levitating officials

(Newser) - A badly doctored propaganda photo has made hapless officials in China's Huili county the laughing stock of a nation of 1.3 billion people. The photo on the rural county's website appeared to show county officials levitating above the road project they were inspecting, the Guardian reports. The...

Toddler Falls 10 Stories—and Woman Catches Her

Impact breaks woman's arm

(Newser) - A two-year-old Chinese girl left unattended fell 10 stories from her family's apartment window yesterday—and survived after being caught by a woman passing by, state media reported today. The girl, named Zhang Fangyu but known by the nickname Niu Niu, was in the care of her grandmother yesterday...

China Opens Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, World's Longest Bridge Over Water at 26 Miles
 China Opens 
 World's Longest 
 Sea Bridge 
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Jul 3, 2011 11:10 AM CDT

China Opens World's Longest Sea Bridge

The Jiaozhou Bay bridge is 26 miles long

(Newser) - China has opened the world's longest cross-sea bridge. The Jiaozhou Bay bridge is 26 miles long and links China's eastern port city of Qingdao to the island of Huangdao. State-run CCTV says the 110-foot-wide bridge is the longest of its kind and cost more than $1.5 billion....

China Accidents Trap 40 Miners
 China Accidents Trap 40 Miners 
Jul 2, 2011 6:20 AM CDT

China Accidents Trap 40 Miners

Cave-in and flood hit separate mines

(Newser) - A coal mine flood in southwestern China trapped 21 miners underground, while a cave-in at another mine today killed at least three workers and left 19 others sealed off, officials said. Rescuers scrambled to reach the miners at the Niupeng coal mine in the county of Pingtang in Guizhou province...

Dalai Lama: China Has No Right to Choose My Heir

75-year-old Tibetan leader denounces China's meddling

(Newser) - The Dalai Lama said today that China's Communist leadership can play no role in deciding who succeeds him as the leader of Tibetan Buddhism upon his death, and called Beijing's meddling in the issue "a disgrace." The Nobel Peace laureate turns 76 next week and has...

Chinese Rescuers Save Boy Stuck Between Walls

5-year-old slipped in 6-inch crevice playing hide-and-seek

(Newser) - A 5-year-old boy who fell into a crevice while playing hide-and-seek has been freed by Chinese rescuers who used a sledgehammer and saw to break through a wall. China Central Television showed a helmeted rescuer chipping into a wall while the crying boy held up a sheet to protect his...

Beijing: Artist Weiwei Owes $1.8M in Taxes

He cannot speak publicly, but his family denies it

(Newser) - Beijing tax authorities are seeking nearly $2 million in back taxes and fines from outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who was released last week from nearly three months in detention. Before his release, Ai confessed to tax evasion and pledged to repay the money owed, Chinese authorities said. Ai is...

Soros: Euro on Verge of Major Collapse

'Inevitable' a country will leave euro, he warns

(Newser) - Billionaire investor George Soros had harsh words for the euro zone yesterday, saying it had "fundamental flaws," "no plan B," and that the system is "on the verge of an economic collapse," reports Reuters . The core flaw, says Soros, is that the euro is...

China Releases Dissident Hu Jia

But human rights activist now faces house arrest

(Newser) - The prominent Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia has been freed from prison, after serving three-and-a-half years for "inciting subversion," reports the BBC . Hu's wife posted the news on Twitter this morning. "We are fine and happy. Need to rest for some time. Thank you everyone,...

China Bans Ai Weiwei From Media, Internet

Rights activists criticize Beijing's conditions for release

(Newser) - Chinese artist and provocateur Ai Weiwei may be out of jail , but that hardly means he's out of trouble, as authorities have banned Ai from traveling or talking publicly for a year, reports Reuters . It's effectively a gag on the talkative and media-savvy artist. "The key thing...

Ai Weiwei Released After 'Confessing His Crimes'

No formal charges were brought against artists, detained April 3

(Newser) - China has released Ai Weiwei on bail, its state-run media announced today, saying that the artist had shown a “good attitude in confessing his crimes" and agreed to repay the taxes he was accused of evading. Beijing police also said Ai’s “chronic disease” had played into the...

Richard Gere Criticizes China for Abuse in Tibet

'Pretty Woman' star publicly blames Chinese government

(Newser) - Richard Gere is taking a swipe at China for what he calls its widespread abuse of Tibetans. Gere, a practicing Buddhist and a longtime supporter of the Dalai Lama and Tibet, is in Seoul to promote a Tibet-themed exhibition of photos taken by him and other photographers. It's impossible...

Japanese Supercomputer Now No. 1 in World

Japan knocks China out of top spot

(Newser) - Japan is at the top of the computer heap for the first time in seven years, now that Fujitsu Co.’s supercomputer has bested that of a Chinese competitor . The “K Computer,” funded by the Japanese government, is the best-performing machine in the world, capable of handling...

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