Today, China stands alone in continuing the use of organs of executed prisoners for transplant surgery.”1 International organizations such as the World Medical Association and the World Health Organization regard the sale of human organs as inhumane and unethical. These organizations believe it is essential to address all concerns surrounding illicit organ trade and possibly [...]

Be prepared! The world has been changing exponentially and will continue to do so. Will you keep up? Are we preparing our children? This video demonstrates the dramatic change in demographics and how the growth in technology and information will impact us now and in the future.

A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck China’s Sichuan province on Tuesday, killing at least one person and seriously wounding five others, a local emergency official told DTV. Sichuan province is still recovering from the devastating May 12 earthquake and its aftershocks

“Listening Post” covers how China’s government has been allowing media coverage of their earthquake in a far less restricted manner than usual. Does this indicate a permanent change?

The latest quake death toll confirmed by the State Council is just under 32,500, while the number of injured has reached over 220,000. In Sichuan alone, 31,978 people have been killed, with 209,905 others injured.
On Sunday morning, an aftershock measuring 6 on the Richter scale jolted Jiangyou City in northern Sichuan, causing cracks in the [...]

A pipa solo style par excellence, by the internationally acclaimed pipa virtuoso Liu Fang. The title of this classical masterpiece
is “King Chu Doffs his Armor” (Ba Wang Xie Jia), from traditional repertoire for pipa solo. It describes a tragic event around 202 BC. The pipa has only four strings, and is referred to as Chinese [...]

The official torch for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing arrived in San Francisco today, in its only North American stop. CNN reports how the processions have been scaled back significantly due to the extreme magnitude of protesters decrying China’s human rights record and oppression in Tibet. Yesterday, some surpisingly daring protesters climbed the support cables [...]