Monday, December 01, 2003

News

Baby smugglers sentenced to death: A court in China has sentenced two people to death for selling 118 babies to smugglers.

PlayStation braves Chinese waters: The PlayStation 2 console is being launched in China next month, despite concerns about widespread piracy.

China's first spaceman breaks the Great Wall fallacy: Elementary school teacher Xiao Chunlan is puzzled by a sudden jolt to her long-held belief that she thought was as rock solid as the Great Wall. Namely, the Great Wall is one of only two man-made structures that astronauts can see from space with their naked eyes

China Teaches HIV Prevention on AIDS Day: Health workers hit the streets of China's capital Monday, marking World AIDS Day by teaching prevention in a country whose leaders have promised an aggressive fight against the disease - and a new openness learned during the battle against SARS.

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