China experts ‘cracking up’
By XI MEITEIWestern Media Correspondent BEIJING (China Daily Show) – Confidence in leading China experts is on the verge of collapse, analysts have warned. After […]
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“Everything A-OK in the Square,” report 4,000 undercover police and journalists
By JIXU SHENGHUOCrackdown Correspondent BEIJING – All is quiet in Tiananmen Square today, save for the footsteps of undercover police and the occasional hum of […]
Man honestly intends to get round to reading book about ‘leftover women’
By HAO XINRENGender Studies Correspondent BEIJING (China Daily Show) – Citing competing work commitments, various domestic chores and a debilitating round of social engagements, Beijing-based […]
Obviously, Liu Xiaobo’s wife looking forward to meeting fellow Nobel spouse
By ZHUO MICANGDissidents Correspondent BEIJING – Dissident’s wife Liu Xia doesn’t have much in her life – her husband, Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, was […]
Poll: 85% of women ‘love deep reform’
A new poll, conducted last year, shows overwhelming public approval for the vaguely worded communiqué issued yesterday to mark the end of the historic Third Plenum. […]
China invented whoring, too, probably: archaeologist
By DA FEIJILifestyle Correspondent XIAN (China Daily Show) – Call it the ‘Fifth Invention.’ Brothels and erotic scrolls, belonging to a previously undocumented ruling dynasty, […]
China now world’s largest producer of rubble
By GONG DIEconomics Correspondent BEIJING (China Daily Show) – Arriving at work one morning, bank teller Zhao Chen was mildly surprised to find large heaps […]
China’s black jails get a lick of fuschia
By HEI JIANYUCrime Correspondent QIUTAOSHANZHANG (China Daily Show) – Standing in front of a well-known ‘black jail’ in Shanxi province, Officer Gu Laofung looks amused. “Looking […]
Shifang copper plant closure affects US penny production
By FEICHANG WURANEnvironment Correspondent WASHINGTON (China Daily Show) – The piggybanks sit empty and silent. Wishing wells report a sharp decline in deposits. And across […]
Panic spreads in Beijing for some reason
by XIAO NIAORumor Correspondent BEIJING (China Daily Show) – A water-cooler debate quickly led to widespread muttering, joking and microblogging in Beijing Tuesday morning, as […]