Fearing Future, China Starts to Give Girls Their Due: For farming families in the lush mountains of coastal Fujian Province, the famous crop is oolong tea and the favorite source of labor is sons. The leafy bushes of tea fill the hillsides the same way young boys fill the village streets. [NYT: reg. req.]
China Targets Phone Fortune Telling: The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has banned "birthday decoding" and "new year fortune-telling" text message and telephone services on the grounds they promoted superstition.
China battles meningitis outbreak: China has issued emergency orders to try and stem a meningitis outbreak that has killed at least 16 people and infected 258 in the last month.
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