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North Korean 'Fans' Actually Chinese Actors

Real North Koreans not allowed to leave country

(Newser) - Remember those rambunctious North Korean fans who made the trek to South Africa to watch their country take on Brazil? They were supposedly “hand picked” by Kim Jong-Il. Well, turns out they were hand picked right out of China. No actual North Korean fans were allowed to leave the...

'Suicide Factory' Workers Relocated to Avoid Raises

Only iPhone workers will get hefty wage hikes promised by Foxconn

(Newser) - Here's one way to avoid paying the hefty raises promised to 300,000 workers at the suicide-plagued Foxconn electronics plant in Shenzhen, China: move most of them to less expensive, remote plants in other parts of the country. Foxconn is apparently keeping the iPhone workers in Shenzhen, but moving Hewlett...

China Lifts Ban on Bald Taiwanese

Controversial travel restrictions lifted

(Newser) - If you're a bald Taiwanese man, good news: China wants you back. The southern Chinese city of Xiamen has axed a controversial visa restriction that barred hairless people from applying for the one-year multiple-entry permits most common among business travelers. Authorities had said that the ban was a protective measure...

Chinese Farmer Fights Developers with Homemade Cannon

Fireworks keeping eviction gangs at bay

(Newser) - Land grabs by property developers in league with local governments are common in China. Yang Youye's solution isn't. The 56-year-old farmer has been using a homemade cannon fashioned from pipes, a wheelbarrow, and fireworks to fend off teams of thugs sent by developers, the Telegraph reports. "I only shot...

Foxconn Ends Suicide Payments to Families

Says 'condolence' payouts of 10 years' wages were acting as incentives

(Newser) - The suicide-plagued Chinese electronics plant Foxconn will no longer be giving money to the families of employees who kill themselves. The company, which previously paid victims' families more than $14,000 each—equivalent to 10 years' wages—explained the move by saying it fears the generous compensation was motivating workers...

China Blocks Foursquare Over Tiananmen

Too many people were posting on the anniversary

(Newser) - This time, it's Foursquare that's earned the wrath of Beijing. The location-based social networking site is blocked throughout China, reports TechBlog86 . Of course, there's no official word from Chinese authorities, but the move came after scores of people virtually checked in to Tiananmen Square to mark yesterday's 21st anniversary and...

China Unblocks Internet Porn
 China Unblocks Internet Porn 
Jun 4, 2010 5:57 AM CDT

China Unblocks Internet Porn

Sudden glut of online porn puzzles Chinese

(Newser) - Chinese web censors suddenly and unexpectedly unblocked tens of thousands of pornography sites this week, sparking—among other things—widespread speculation over its motives. Some believe that the government is trying to distract attention from today's anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, while others believe it's a move aimed at...

Israel Looks a Lot Like North Korea
Israel Looks a Lot
Like North Korea
opinion
Jun 1, 2010 12:14 PM CDT

Israel Looks a Lot Like North Korea

Both are isolated except for a superpower

(Newser) - Be careful, Israel, you're starting to look like "gulp—North Korea," writes Daniel W. Drezner. Israel may not be in similarly dire financial straits, but the parallels are "pretty eerie" beyond that, writes Drezner in Foreign Policy . Let us count the ways:
  • "Both countries are diplomatically
...

Man Kills 3 Judges in China Shooting Spree

Post office security guard have been angry over divorce ruling

(Newser) - A man with a small automatic weapon burst into a court office in China Tuesday, killing three judges and wounding three others before killing himself. The 46-year-old head of security at a post office reportedly told a co-worker he was taking his weapons for an inspection, then headed to court...

Suicide Factory Hikes Wages 20%

Company hopes for 'morale boost' after 10 employees jumped to their deaths

(Newser) - Foxconn, the electronics manufacturer hit by suicides of unhappy workers at its main plant in China, says it will raise wages by 20%. The company, which makes parts and assembles products for Apple, Sony, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, claims the raise has been in the works for months in response to...

13th Worker Attempts Suicide at China Plant

Man survives cutting himself at tech industry supplier

(Newser) - A Foxconn Technology worker tried to kill himself today, becoming the 13th person to commit suicide or attempt to do so this year at the company, which makes high-tech products for industry giants such as Apple, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard. Police said the 25-year-old man survived after cutting himself in his...

Dad Chains, Auctions Off Son

 Dad Chains, Auctions Off Son 
May 27, 2010 11:41 AM CDT

Dad Chains, Auctions Off Son

Chinese boy now in police care

(Newser) - A Chinese father was attacked by passers-by when he tried to auction off his child on the street. He chained the boy, 8, to a lamppost near a sign describing his strong work ethic. Perhaps even more shocking: There were apparently bidders, who wanted to know how much the youngster...

10th Suicide Strikes Apple Plant

Chinese worker kills himself hours after boss seeks to reassure media

(Newser) - On the same day that Apple, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard promised to look into working conditions at China's Foxconn plant, a 10th worker committed suicide, PC World reports. The death of the 19-year-old male worker also came just after the company's billionaire founder took the media on a tour of the...

Chinese Prof Gets 3 1/2 Years for Sex Parties

 Chinese Prof 
 Gets 3½ Years 
 for Sex Parties 

Sentence in swinger case
May 21, 2010 8:30 AM CDT

Chinese Prof Gets 3½ Years for Sex Parties

18 who plead guilty got lighter sentences

(Newser) - A Chinese college professor was sentenced to three and a half years in prison yesterday for holding private orgies and running a swingers' club. Computer science lecturer Ma Yaohai, 53, was convicted of licentiousness; 21 others got off easier because they pleaded guilty. Ma's defiance has struck a chord in...

Swingers Trial Tests Sex Mores, Limits in China

Verdict in 'group licentiousness' case due tomorrow

(Newser) - They were members of a modern-day swingers' club in China, where people met online and then gathered in homes or hotels for group sex parties involving dozens of men and women. Last month, Ma Yaohai, a 53-year-old college professor and 21 others went on trial in the southeastern city of...

Clinton: China, Russia on Board for Iran Sanctions

Fourth round supposed to be the toughest

(Newser) - The US and the other permanent members of the UN Security Council—Britain, China, France, and Russia—have agreed on a package of strong new sanctions to impose on Iran over its suspect nuclear program, Hillary Clinton said today. The secretary of state says the draft plan will be circulated...

9th Apple Plant Worker Commits Suicide

China suicide cluster baffles manufacturer

(Newser) - A 21-year-old man who jumped out a window to his death Saturday marks the ninth suicide of a worker at Foxconn, the Taiwanese-owned manufacturer of iPhones and iPods. The deaths of young employees—combined with the fact that the company says it has prevented some 30 suicides in the past...

Chinese Astros Snack on Dog
 Chinese Astros Snack on Dog 
May 14, 2010 2:30 AM CDT

Chinese Astros Snack on Dog

Dogs are heroes, too, charge animal groups

(Newser) - The Chinese space program apparently has been going to the dogs since Fido meat helps the nation's astronauts stay strong, a commander has revealed in a new book. "There's no need to keep it a secret. Actually, we ate quite normal food"—braised chicken, steamed fish and dog,...

China Quashes News of School Cleaver Attack
China Quashes News
of School Cleaver Attack

One Way to Fight Crime
May 13, 2010 2:03 AM CDT

China Quashes News of School Cleaver Attack

Beijing fears copycat attacks, public anger

(Newser) - Chinese authorities, apparently fearing yet more copycat rampages and hoping to dodge public fury, moved quickly to hush up news of yesterday's gruesome kindergarten attack . News of the attack, in which a man hacked to death 7 students, a teacher, and the teacher's mother with a cleaver before killing himself,...

8 Killed in China Kindergarten Attack

Man hacks 7 students, teacher to death

(Newser) - A villager hacked seven children and a teacher to death in an attack on a kindergarten in northwest China today. The attacker, identified as a man in his late 40s who owned the house where the kindergarten was held, killed himself after the rampage, the AP reports. At least 20...

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