What will they think of next?
Never again will you have to choose between having sushi or having a USB memory drive--thanks to the USB sushi drive. These USB drives are hand-made-in-Tokyo sushi replicas. The convincing USB sushi drive comes in several flavors. Overnight shipping with dry ice pack available. Comes in 32mb or 128mb size.
(Thanks J-Walk!)
China giant pandas get broadband: China's largest panda reserve has installed a high-speed broadband network to help the animals survive.
China Finds Itself With a Labor Shortage: The world's most populous nation, which has powered its stunning economic rise with a cheap and supposedly bottomless pool of migrant labor, is experiencing shortages of about two million workers in Guangdong and Fujian, the two provinces at the heart of China's export-driven economy. [NYT free reg. req.]
Twenty-seven killed, 285 poisoned in east China chlorine leak: Twenty-seven people were killed and 285 were sickened when liquefied chlorine spilled from a truck following a collision in east China's Jiangsu province.
Six Asian Nations Act to Stop Human Trafficking: Police and governments of six Asian countries agreed on Thursday to closely collaborate to end human trafficking from the Mekong region where criminals mostly target women and children.
71% Chinese Women Sexually Harassed?: Sexual harassment has reportedly been included in the amendment to China's Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Women (LPRIW) that has been included on the legislative agenda for 2005.
We found a new product that our kids love—Huggies Toddler Wash Mitts. They are made of a soft material and contain a mild soap. They make it really easy for the girls to wash themselves in the bath, and the mitts also makes bath time fun for them. (They use them for puppet shows.) The mitts are disposable, and so work great for taking on vacations.
If you are unable to find them locally, they are available at Amazon.com.
General Foods Beverages Announces Winner of 2004 GirlFriends Invitation Essay Contest: General Foods International, the premium specialty hot beverage brand, is happy to announce Charlotte Griffin from Mobile, Alabama as the winner of the brand's first GirlFriends Invitation essay contest. General Foods International launched the GirlFriends Invitation essay contest in celebration of women's friendships and how important they are for women of every age. . . . They became fast friends during a life -- changing experience in 1994 -- they all traveled together to a southern China adoption agency to adopt babies.
[Update: Fixed the link. (Thanks Jen!)]
Gold bars marking Beijing Olympic Games on sale: A shop assistant displays a gold bar of colored series of Olympic Games in a department store in Beijing, capital of China, March 29, 2005. The first part of the set of colored gold bars commemorating the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games were issued in Beijing on Tuesday.
Fertility industry takes off in China; doctors concerned about abuses: It is considered a slow day at the Peking University Third Hospital in China's capital, but the fertility clinic's waiting room and hallways are overflowing with women seeking help.
In pictures—Taiwan protest: Hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese took to the streets to protest against China's new anti-secession law.
Investment to Protect Silk Road Relics: China will invest 420 million yuan (about US$50 million) in the next five years in protecting key cultural relics along the world famous Silk Road in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Antelope Tipped as Olympic Mascot: Tibetan antelope has entered the highly competitive race to be selected as the animal emblem of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
