19,065 victims ID'd from May quake (Seattle Times)
A Chinese official said today that 19,065 of the people who died in May's massive earthquake in Sichuan province have been identified. Li Jiang, from the...

MCOT Public Company Limited.2008 (MCOT - English News By Thai News Agency)
BANGKOK, Nov 21 (TNA) - Three medical professionals -- Brazilian, Japanese and Chinese -- were awarded the prestigious Prince Mahidol Award 2008 for their outstanding and exemplary contributions to the advancement of the world's medical and public health services, according to the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation.

Disney parks target Chinese, others with cash (The Japan Times)
Oriental Land Co., the operator of Tokyo's Disney theme parks, is targeting wealthy Chinese and other overseas tourists to maintain growth as Japan's declining birthrate cuts its domestic market. Overseas visitors to the company's Disneyland and DisneySea resorts may rise as much as 22 percent to 1.3 million over the next three years, Executive Vice President Akio Nagaoka said. Read the full ...

Guns N' Roses' 'Chinese Democracy' begins streaming on MySpace (Boston Herald)
LOS ANGELES - Guns N' Roses is spreading democracy to the world. The protracted wait for "Chinese Democracy" is over, as all 14 tracks of the long-anticipated...

Guns N'Roses' long-awaited album, `Chinese Democracy,' streaming on MySpace.com (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
LOS ANGELES - Guns N' Roses is spreading democracy to the world. The protracted wait for "Chinese Democracy" is over, as all 14 tracks of the long-anticipated album began streaming now on MySpace.com sometime Thursday.