From Al Jazeera: China is slowly emerging from one of its worst winters in a century but millions are likely to spend the biggest holiday of the year without power and water and farmers are counting the cost of destroyed

From BBC: Chinese dumplings which were laced with pesticide and made at least 10 Japanese people ill were probably poisoned on purpose, Japan's health minister says. The frozen dumplings were contaminated with a highly toxic organophoshate pesticide methamidophos. "Judging from

From Los Angeles Times : It isn't easy being a kosher food inspector in the land of moo shu pork. No matter how hard you try. "Once, they got me into a restaurant and they ordered a whole plate of

From ABC News : China's increasing wealth and love affair with Western products has spilled over into the realm of fashion and beauty, and many Chinese women are paying a very high price for it: Ah Jiao and Xiao Xue

From BBC News : The World Bank has appointed its first chief economist from a developing country to work at the institution. Justin Yifu Lin , a leading academic from Beijing University who is originally from Taiwan, is the first

This is not a happy story, I found a pupa in Wal-mart's pistachio. Fortunately, the pupa is discovered soon after it has been eaten. The pistachio food belong to Member's Mark, I bought it from Samsclub Supermarket some days ago.I

The Guardian tells the stories of some of the migrant workers stranded in the snow: The passengers look like refugees; laden with cheap cases, sagging boxes and anxiety. In each surge forward, they jostle and shove. Even the new-found city

Willy Wo-Lap Lam, a senior fellow at The Jamestown Foundation, publishes following analysis on the Asia Times: Since dumping former Shanghai party secretary Chen Liangyu in late 2006, President Hu Jintao has tightened his control over the east China metropolis

From Reuters: Millions of Chinese are likely to spend the biggest holiday of the year without power and water after more than a week of wild winter weather that shut down transport links across large parts of the country. The

It was a terrific group, and I thank Jason DeGroot for surprising me with his presentation of FEZ, a game he's been contributing to for a few months now, and Max Hodges for taking photos during the event, something I

Sanyo Electric Co. said Tuesday the company has raised its group operating profit forecast for the year ending in March as it achieved its annual target in the first nine months. The Japanese electronics maker lifted its operating profit estimate

Tokyo Electron Ltd. reported record consolidated profits Tuesday for April-December, thanks mainly to robust sales of semiconductor-making equipment. Operating profit for the first three quarters of fiscal 2007 shot up 32.0 pct from a year before to 133,504 million yen,

Stocks fell back on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tuesday, as investors cashed in recent gains due to pullbacks in overseas equities and a series of disappointing domestic earnings news. The 225-issue Nikkei average closed down 114.20 points at 13,745.50. On

Nikon Corp. said Tuesday that it has revised up its group earnings estimates for fiscal 2007 because of strong digital camera sales. The estimate on net profit for the year ending on March 31 was raised to 74 billion yen

Hitachi Ltd. said Tuesday it has increased its group operating profit projection for the year ending in March as its information and telecommunications system operations are performing well. Operating profit is now estimated at 300 billion yen, up from an

Asahi Breweries Ltd. said Tuesday that its group net profit in 2008 is expected to rise 4.9 pct year on year to a record 47 billion yen thanks to the effects of its planned price hikes. Consolidated sales are expected

Konami Corp. said Tuesday its group operating profit in April-December jumped 20.4 pct from a year before to 32,154 million yen thanks to brisk sales of its video game software. Sales for the first fiscal three quarters rose 8.1 pct

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Tuesday it will shut down a plant in Australia in March due to weak sales of sedans made there. The closure of the Adelaide plant in South Australia will lead to a loss of 22 billion