http://chineseculture.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com China Online GuideSite. http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hi http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2009-06-25T12:23:47Z Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/06/30/bummer-for-hummer-in-china.htm Children in Shanghai walk past a special edition Hummer SUV at an exhibition of luxury goods in 2006. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) Despite a Chinese company's wish to buy the bankrupt General... http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/06/30/bummer-for-hummer-in-china.htm Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:52:53 +0000 2009-06-30T23:52:53Z http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/06/25/chinas-two-year-old-smoker-and-the-news.htm Do they make nicorette milk? (Bohai Morning News photo) Apparently the youngest smoker in the world is two-year-old Tong Liangliang from Tianjin, who has a pack-a-day habit. Already, online social networks are... http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/06/25/chinas-two-year-old-smoker-and-the-news.htm Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:23:47 +0000 2009-06-25T12:23:47Z http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/06/22/clearing-up-the-gray-skies-over-china.htm Beijing skyline from the Western Mountains. (Photo by Guang Niu/Getty Images) The Asia Society has a fascinating web site devoted to China's air quality. It includes a daily photograph of the... http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/06/22/clearing-up-the-gray-skies-over-china.htm Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:51:23 +0000 2009-06-22T12:51:23Z http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/06/16/everyone-loves-a-spy-story-even-if-its-fake.htm They're supposed to report the news, not make the news. (Stockbyte photo - Not a picture of Fang Jing) China Central Television news anchor Fang Jing's good name has been restored.... http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/06/16/everyone-loves-a-spy-story-even-if-its-fake.htm Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:33:51 +0000 2009-06-16T17:33:51Z http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/06/08/journalists-sentenced-to-12-years-labor-in-north-korea.htm A picture of Euna Lee at a vigil for her and Laura Ling in San Francisco on June 3. (Steve Rhodes/Flickr) Laura Ling and Euna Lee, two American journalists that... http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/06/08/journalists-sentenced-to-12-years-labor-in-north-korea.htm Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:08:55 +0000 2009-06-08T13:08:55Z http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/06/04/what-tiananmen-means-to-me.htm I was 12 years old when I watched my parents, visibly shaken, and glued to images of a China in turmoil on television in our American living room. It was... http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/06/04/what-tiananmen-means-to-me.htm Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:03:08 +0000 2009-06-04T19:03:08Z http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/06/04/north-korea-tries-two-american-journalists-today.htm Euna Lee (left) and Laura Ling have been held in North Korea since March 17. (YONHAP/AFP/Getty Images) North Korea is likely trying two American journalists for "hostile acts" as I... http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/06/04/north-korea-tries-two-american-journalists-today.htm Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:09:17 +0000 2009-06-04T08:09:17Z http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/06/01/geithner-tells-china-us-assets-are-safe.htm U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks during a meeting with Wang Qishan, Chinese Vice Premier in Beijing on Monday. (Andy Wong-Pool/Getty Images) In his first visit to China since becoming the... http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/06/01/geithner-tells-china-us-assets-are-safe.htm Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:28:37 +0000 2009-06-01T08:28:37Z http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/05/29/chinese-volcano-killed-half-of-earths-life.htm The mountains at Emeishan in Sichuan Province have been a sacred site for centuries. (China Photos/Getty Images) New scientific research has found that a massive volcanic eruption in the Emeishan... http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/05/29/chinese-volcano-killed-half-of-earths-life.htm Fri, 29 May 2009 18:34:00 +0000 2009-05-29T18:34:00Z http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/05/25/chinese-investors-interested-in-cleveland-cavaliers.htm LeBron James, of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Yao Ming attend an event during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) In yet more proof that American basketball rules the world, a... http://chineseculture.about.com/b/2009/05/25/chinese-investors-interested-in-cleveland-cavaliers.htm Mon, 25 May 2009 19:24:23 +0000 2009-05-25T19:24:23Z