Intv callout: Actress Gong Li gives up her Chinese citizenship for a Singaporean passport. Would you give up u'r Chinese passport?

Sichuan earthquake 6 months on: just talked to a mom who lost her son, she rarely talks about it cuz nobody listens and it'll just upset her

CCTV live broadcas on now: celebration of Shenzhou 7 space launch. Sure doesn't look too celebratory. Just a lotta bored ppl

The biggest winner in McCain losing out? Levi - the boyfriend forced to marry the teenage daughter of Palin because he knocked her up. Run!

WHOOOOOOO! you haven't let me down America. Maybe next America would be ready for a female president?

back from hostile enviro training course. Jetlagged and tired.

Advice: If you are under fire, DO NOT go behind a car. Even a handgun bullet will pierce right thru (courtesy of hostile enviro course)

a window cleaner outside my friend's work place just fell to his death. Wasn't strapped into a safety harness of course. Tragic

Credit crisis: Dongguan factory belonging to world's biggest toymaker Smart Union declared bankruptcy: Ch only

that article was written in 1957 but still seems to hold true today