Wealthy Chinese Kids Have Worse Nutrition: A Chinese study has found that children from wealthy families are more likely to suffer bad nutrition than those from low-income homes, partly because they eat more fast food.
Smog enveloped Hong Kong for a fifth of 2004: Hong Kong's pollution problem worsened markedly in 2004 with the city cloaked in choking smog for 65 days throughout the year.
Shanghai Farmers Richest in China: According to the statistics released by Shanghai Municipal Agricultural Administration, the per capita annual income of Shanghai farmers amounted to 7,300 yuan (US$880) last year. (That's $2.40 a day!)
A Divide China Must Conquer: To understand today's China, it is necessary to look beyond the unfathomable ebb and flow of 1.3 billion people. It is only by studying the few that it is possible to grasp what is happening to the overwhelming many—like Yu Jikui, a porter whose slight by a passer-by set off riots in Wanzhou; or the young Yang Shan, whose parents both work in distant cities; or the developer Zhang Yuchen, who built a castle fit for Marie Antoinette where 800 farmers once grew wheat. [NYT: free reg. req.]
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