Giant gerbils infest China: An explosion of gerbils is decimating vast areas of grasslands in China's north-western Xinjiang region, with some of the prairies completely destroyed by hundreds of rodent burrows.
China Readies Super ID Card, a Worry to Some: (Reqires log-in) For almost two decades, Chinese citizens have been defined, judged and, in some cases, constrained by their all-purpose national identification card, a laminated document the size of a driver's license. But starting next year, they will face something new and breathtaking in scale: an electronic card that will store that vital information for all 960 million eligible citizens on chips that the authorities anywhere can access.
Falun Gong sues ex-president Jiang: Members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement have filed a lawsuit against former Chinese President Jiang Zemin for human rights abuses.
College Degrees Lose Their Magic in China : Throughout the world's most populous country, a dramatic surge in the number of college graduates has created fierce competition for the relatively high-paying office jobs that were once conveyed almost by right to anyone with a university degree. Where once college graduation ensured passage into the ranks of a privileged elite, this year it became a gateway to worry, diminished hopes and the prospect of unemployment—the result not only of larger class sizes but also of lowered educational standards at newer institutions.
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