Wednesday, March 01, 2006

News

China says it may deport badly behaved foreigners: China may deport foreigners who buy or sell sex, steal or get involved in fights under new laws that come into effect on Wednesday, state newspapers reported.

Did China invent golf?: Famously, they gave the world gunpowder. They also came up with the wheelbarrow, the umbrella, printing and paper, phosphorescent paint and something called land sailing. But golf?

China fights to hold back sands: China declared its first victory in a centuries-old war against the desert yesterday after a campaign to plant 12bn trees in five years finally made a small green dent in an ocean of sand dunes and dustbowls.


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