New light on China's decade of chaos: A previously unseen archive of photographs from China's so-called Cultural Revolution is finally being published, 35 years after they were buried for safekeeping. (See also this article.)
China brides bear brunt of violence: Hong Kong's economic ills and a recent fashion for brides from mainland China is fuelling a dramatic rise in domestic violence. The territory's police said that reported acts of violence between couples had risen 40% in a year. The trend also appears to reflect a fundamental clash between traditional Chinese attitudes—where the husband was undisputed master of his household—and younger women's growing awareness of their rights to seek outside help.
Confucius and Mao would frown: China takes to beauty pageants: Last year, police raided a beauty pageant in southern China, shooing a bathing suit-clad contestant off the stage and accusing organizers of breaking the law. But this month Li Tao, a 25-year-old office worker, will see her pretty face splashed on TV screens across the country in a flashy contest of curves in the southern tropical resort of Sanya.
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