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May 12th, 2012
A Bollywood movie is shifting attitudes around sperm donation in India. But while some young men are stepping up to become sperm donors, old prejudices remain.
Mar 19th, 2012
Earlier this year, The Diplomat magazine published an article about a televised rant by Kong Qingdong, a Peking University professor of literature, against Hong Kong, who denounced Mandarin...
Mar 15th, 2012
Anonymous posts become a thing of the past. China expands its "real-name" Internet regulation nationwide Friday.
Feb 7th, 2012
Over 40 Canadian executives are joining the Prime Minister on his trip to talk trade in China. One of them is Patrick Daniel, CEO of Northern Gateway pipeline proponent Enbridge.
Jan 22nd, 2012
The world's third-richest man sang on his ukulele, wishing China a happy Year of the Water Dragon.
Dec 18th, 2011
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has died. He was 69. The Korean Central Broadcasting Station (KCBS) announced that Kim died yesterday due to mental and physical exhaustion.  Kim came to power...
Dec 3rd, 2011
Up to 45,000 liters of highly radioactive water leaked from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear station at the weekend and some of it might have reached the ocean, according to Tokyo Electric Power Co. (...
Nov 24th, 2011
Half a million iced capps later, Tim Hortons follows troops out of Afghanistan.
Nov 20th, 2011
Ordinary rates of cancer are so high that thousands of cases from Japanese disaster may fly under the radar.
Sep 21st, 2011
A million told to evacuate as power lines down, rivers swell, winds rattle homes and reactor continues to leak.