The differences between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland are striking. I have visited mainland China three times over an 18-year period, but this was my first trip to Taiwan. Of course both are Mandarin-speaking and Chinese in culture, Taiwan is without doubt a much easier place to be in for a westerner.

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Welcome to China’s latest and greatest Starbucks rip-off, after Star Fucks, of course. Sffcccks Coffee (pronounce as you see fit) is one of many off-brand installations that recently cropped up on Wuxi’s fantastic ‘street of fakes’ in Jiangsu province.

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Yiiiikes. Pollution in a river near the Chunshen Harbor in Shanghai has turned the water an incredibly unnatural shade of blue.

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Renowned Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou, best known for cinematic creations like Red Sorghum and Hero, was fined 7.48 million yuan (about 1.23 million U.S. dollars) for violating China’s strict one child policy. The family planning bureau of Jiangsu Province demanded their “social maintenance fee” after Zhang and his…

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Are your pastries not turning you on enough? You’re in luck, because this Shenyang bakery serves cakes modeled after penises, breasts, and other salacious subjects.

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ZTE Corporation, Chinese provider of telecom equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, announced that its mobile devices unit will operate as an independent unit of the company led by Executive Vice President of ZTE Zeng Xuezhong. Zeng was previously in charge of ZTE’s operations in China. Meanwhile, He Shiyou, executive vice president of ZTE and

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Thank god for the fine people over at Slate who have provided society with this Chen Guangbiao-style business card generator so that each and every one of us can now proudly showcase fabricated career titles ranging from ‘Celebrated Gerbil Care Expert’ to ‘Esteemed Garbage-Taker-Outer’.

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Most reporters at the New York Times and Bloomberg who were facing expulsion from China were issued renewed visas by the country’s government on Thursday, according to The Washington Post.

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Telstra, Australia’s leading provider of mobile phones, mobile devices, home phones and broadband Internet, announced that the company formally appointed Gao Ruibin as chief executive officer of Telstra Greater China. In his new role, Gao will be responsible for crafting the comprehensive strategy for Telstra Greater China and seeking new business growth opportunities in this

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A five-minute-long surveillance video showing a 10-year-old girl repeatedly kicking and beating a toddler in an elevator before allegedly taking him to her apartment, where he either fell or was thrown from the 25th floor balcony, has been released by authorities.

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