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Plight of the giant panda: Animals struggle after quake
As people across China’s Sichuan province continue to rebuild their lives one year after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake leveled some towns and cities, the region’s famed giant pandas are still struggling due to the devastation wreaked by the deadly temblor. The quake triggered mountain landslides and caused damage across large areas of the forests at the Wolong Giant Panda Protection Studies Center, also known as “the Home of Pandas.” A majority of the reserve’s panda living facilities and its studies facilities were damaged. “The pandas were traumatized by the quake.
Freedom of the media declines worldwide, report says
"Global declines in press freedom" persisted last year, with setbacks highlighted in Israel, Italy, Taiwan, Hong Kong and elsewhere across the world, an annual survey said Friday.
Hong Kong may provide answers to disease threat
Watching the news out of Mexico is causing a case of déjà vu for Dr. Lo Wing-Luk.
Fake Pandas! And Other April Fools’ Day Hoaxes
The annual assaults can be either subtle or brazen. And, really, people should see them coming.
China: Pentagon military report distorted
China on Thursday accused the United States of distorting facts in a Defense Department report on Beijing’s military power. The report — called the “Military Power of the People’s Republic of China” — said the country is developing longer-range ballistic and anti-ship missiles that are “shifting the balance of power in the region.” Such military expansions could help Beijing secure resources or settle territorial disputes, said the report, released by the Pentagon on Wednesday. “This is a gross distortion of the facts and China resolutely opposes it,” ministry spokesman Qin Gang told journalists in Beijing.
Suicide bomber kills 11 in Pakistan
A suicide blast in Pakistan’s violence-plagued tribal region killed 11 people Thursday, police said. The trial is the first for a former head of state in Taiwan. Chen has denied wrongdoing and has said the charges are politically motivated
Trial of Taiwanese ex-president begins
The corruption trial of former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian began Thursday, a case that has gripped the island nation for months and one in which a conviction can bring life imprisonment. The trial is the first for a former head of state in Taiwan. Chen has denied wrongdoing and has said the charges are politically motivated
Artist uses optical tricks to create ‘moving’ murals
A huge mural greets visitors to the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston.
Edible Excretions: Taiwan’s Toilet Restaurant
“There’s poop everywhere! Y-u-c-k,” says six-year old Jordan Lien, as he and his family dine at the Modern Toilet, a popular Taiwanese restaurant that’s expanding into China and other parts of Asia. The boy was looking at the poop-shaped lights and dish covers, and the curry on toilet-shaped plates. Diarrhea for dinner That’s the point.