Woman's paper skin a walking notepad

Typically Urticaria covers a wide range of rashes and hives, but in this instance it appears to make you into a Human etchosketch. "A Chengdu resident suffers from a condition that allows her to use her skin like...

Four Newly Born Giant Panda Cubs Boosts Endangered Species

Four giant panda cubs have been born late Saturday within 14 hours in China's Breeding Research Centre, including female twins.     " The giant panda is one of the world's most endangered...

Pandas in China put on bamboo rations

The breeding programme of China's captive panda population could be at risk due to forced rationing of bamboo. This compounds the news that their wildlife habitat was damaged by the recent earthquake."China's captive...

Questioning the Chinese government's role in building of collapsed schools wi...

A retired Chinese professor has been detained by the authorities after writing three essays for an American based Chinese website. In these essays he criticized the building standards of the schools that crumbled in the May earthquake, killing thousands of people, and most of...

Cyber-dissident Huang Qi kidnapped, foreign journalists arrested in Sichuan

UPDATE: 5:04PM EST - June 14Huang Qi and the other activists are still missing and no more information is known about them at this time.PREVIOUSLYThe organization 'Reporters Without Borders' is concerned about the...

Chinese policewoman helps quake effort by breastfeeding

As there are after shocks in earth Quakes I found 'after news of original news" the news being two weeks old. Anyway here is the story. Seeking something about a recent boom in Chinese milk consumption and demand, I...

China readies to ease pressure on 'quake lake'

Thousands of people in China have already died from the devastating earthquake in Sichuan province and military troops have been working to prevent futher flooding of the "quake lake" from occurring. To date, 250,000...

Under Warranty: One-Child Policy Lifted for Quake Victims’ Parents

If your child was killed in China's May 12 earthquake, just present "proof of purchase" to either recieve a refurbished model (illegal child up for adoption) or a replacement ("right" to concieve again, provided you...

5.4-magnitude aftershock hits quake zone

"CHENGDU  -- A 5.4-magnitude aftershock struck southwest China's Sichuan Province Tuesday afternoon.The latest aftershock hit Qingchuan County at about 4:03 p.m., and the China National Seismic Network located the epicenter at 32.7 north latitude and 105.6 east...

China works to open roads to reach quake survivors

"China struggled to keep roads open to provide a lifeline for quake survivors, while the government warned Wednesday that rebuilding after the disaster would be "arduous.The magnitude 7.9 quake that struck May 12...

China Relaxes One-Child Policy For Quake victims

China will allow parents whose only child was killed or maimed in recent earthquakes.They will be allowed to have another child,officials of the one child policy in China stated today. A certificate will be issued to...

Jackie Chan plans earthquake film

Famous actor Jackie Chan is going to make a movie to highlight sufferings of  the earthquake in Sichuan province of China. The movie would "raise money for charity". He is also organising other charity events to raise money for the victims. " Actor Jackie Chan...

China to dynamite 'quake lake'

The massive May 12 earthquake in China has created about 30 so-called 'quake-lakes' that risk flooding to 700,000 people in the region. As a result, Chinese military engineers are preparing to blow up one of the...

CHINA: Ministry says 69 dams in danger of bursting

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWhat with an Earthquake, Torrential Rains, Radiation, hitting China full force it must seem to Chinese Citizens the coming of the Apocalypse.  A new twist perhaps in...

8 pandas from China earthquake's epicentre arrive in Beijing for Olympics

Eight pandas arrived in Beijing today after a long journey from their damaged reserve near the epicentre of the recent China earthquake."The pandas will spend the next six months at the Beijing Zoo on a special...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from