Gobi desert mammoth structures

China's ghost towns

Chinese military shovel

What can't you do with this standard issue military shovel? Next to digging holes, you can also use it to cut your food, saw logs, pry nails, and a myriad of other things.

Chinese Military Shovels Put Swiss Army Knives To Shame - Chinese military shovel - Gizmodo

Google China uncensored

Google has finally uncensored its search pages in China by redirecting all visitors to Google.cn to their unfiltered Hong Kong site. This move came after repeated hacking attempts that Google attributed to China.

Read the whole article on Wired for the full scoop-- it's interesting that while Google received a lot of bashing when starting to censor themselves in China in 2006, now other people are criticizing Google for moving out, claiming to "abandon the Chinese people" with even more censored search engines. ..the hell?

Google Uncensors China Search Engine | Epicenter | Wired.com

Shanghai expo 2010

Having visited both the 2000 Expo in Hanover and the 2005 Expo in Aichi, I really feel like going to Shanghai upon seeing these pictures of the half-finished pavilions for the 2010 Expo. Hope I can make it happen this year! One thing that's for sure is that the Shanghai Expo will be the biggest Expo ever, and therefore the biggest event ever held in human history. The projected visitor figure of 70 million will surpass the 64 million visitors of the 1970 Osaka Expo, so far the biggest ever. Also, it is unlikely that any other country (except maybe India) will ever host a bigger Expo.

Shanghai prepares for Expo 2010 - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Beijing underground city

Vice Mag takes a look in the abandoned underground city of Beijing, which was built by Chairman Mao in the 1960s and was originally plannes to house all 6 million of Beijing's population at the time.

CHAIRMAN MAO’S UNDERGROUND CITY « Viceland Today

Pollution in China

These look like the backdrops for a dystopian movie, but in fact these photographs are part of photographer Lu Guang's documenting of pollution in China. Even more shocking are the photos of the inhabitants of nearby cities, stricken by cancer and other maladies caused by the pollution of the environment.

Amazing Pictures, Pollution in China | ChinaHush

Chinese Segway police

Still one of my favorite photos of 2008: the Beijing Olympic Segway Police.

In this photo released by the official Xinhua news agency, members of China's armed police demonstrate a rapid deployment during an anti-terrorist drill held in Jinan, east China, on Wednesday July 2, 2008, roughly one month ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games.

2008 in photographs (part 2 of 3) - The Big Picture - Boston.com