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'Elephant man' to go under the knife

2007-07-23 15:15:38

A Chinese "elephant man" with a crippling 33 lb tumor drooping from his head and face will undergo life-threatening surgery to have it removed.

Chinese "muggles" meet Harry Potter together with the world

2007-07-21 21:39:39

Thousands of Harry Potter fans in China swarmed into book stores in Beijing on Saturday to get the seventh and final volume of the boy wizard's adventures after standing in line for several hours from the mid-night.

Online corps defies Sohu Olympics 'dictatorship report'

2007-07-20 13:44:45

Leading Chinese portals sina.com, Netease (163.com), and qq.com announced yesterday a joint "Olympic Coverage Alliance," with the aim of providing more elaborate and timely Internet coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Chinese actress 'most widely read blogger in world'

2007-07-19 15:51:12

Chinese actress-turned-director Xu Jinglei became the world's most widely read blogger this month when her blog logged 100 million page views within about 600 days.

Umbrella-holding Premier moves netizens

2007-07-19 15:26:31

Chinese Premier is in the focus of a hot topic among netizens after a news photo of him was released online.

Boyish Li a contest winner, not a beautiful woman

2007-07-18 11:39:24

Popular TV host Yang Lan grabbed the top spot; Taiwanese singer Yi Nengjing was second and 42-year-old media scholar Yu Dan finished third.

'Minor property right' -- better than none?

2007-07-11 18:24:13

At an amazingly low price, people can buy apartments in China's large cities, but with vague property rights.

Star hurdler entertains journalists in Paris

2007-07-06 15:19:30

Having been in limelight ever since his historic Olympic gold-medal performance in the 110m hurdles in Athens three years ago, Liu Xiang has developed his own way of dealing with the media.

Beijing's top science student gives up HKU for Beida

2007-07-05 11:12:37

University of Hong Kong or Peking University? It's a painful decision for any high school graduate, but Lin Qian, who came in first in this year's college entrance exams in science, has made it clear she will stay in her hometown.

Becoming Bill Gates' right-hand man

2007-07-05 10:16:19

Showing signs of genius even as a young boy, it was perhaps not surprising that Dr Zhang Yaqin would rise to become a right-hand man of the world's most powerful billionaire.

Criminal ring on trial for slave scandal

2007-07-04 16:49:54

The slave labor boss and his thugs are reunited in a court as their case entered into the preliminary trial stage today.

Little Fatty likely to appear in Hollywood film

2007-07-03 09:15:17

Shanghai teenager Qian Zhijun who was catapulted to celebrity status with a photo of his chubby face, is now likely to land a leading role in a Hollywood thriller.