All things Asia : China

Google has warned a copycat Chinese website to stop using a logo that resembles the US Internet giant's or face possible legal action.

Archaeologists in China have uncovered more than 3,000 dinosaur footprints in an area said to be the world's largest grouping of fossilised bones belonging to the ancient animals.

A man has come up with a shocking solution to the problem of childcare - by chaining his two-year-old son to a pole while he is off at work. Concerned passers-by spotted the distressed youngster chained with a padlock round his ankle to a lamp post.

A judge decided Tuesday that the estate of one of Asia's richest women will go to her family's foundation - not her lover and feng shui master - winding down a probate battle that has captivated the southern Chinese enclave.

Tai Shan is about to board a flight to China via the "FedEx Panda Express." He'll be joined by Mei Lan. They will take part in a breeding program aimed at increasing the panda population. Giant pandas are currently on the endangered list.

The Chinese government introduced more than 60 restrictions on the media in 2009, often secretly, according to the International Federation of Journalists.

Shifting to sustainable energy could leave the West dependent on technology from China, much as the developed world now depends on oil from the Mideast.

China warns of a "serious negative impact" on relations with the US, over a planned $6.4bn US weapons sales to Taiwan.

A Google knock-off has surfaced in China to compete with the world's largest search engine, while at the same time pleading with it to stay in the country despite censorship and hacking allegations.

Dog and cat meat could be banned from restaurants in China after growing pressure from animal rights activists.

The global blockbuster Avatar is so successful that local residents in central China want their mountains to be named after the floating rocks in the movie, "the Hallelujah Mountain."

Rapid urbanization is eroding more traditional ways of finding partners through relatives and friends. In a society that is increasingly living life on the Internet, online services are poised to capitalize on the looming scarcity of love matches.

Five Web sites run by Chinese human rights activists were attacked by hackers over the weekend, as a separate row continued between Google and China over political cyberattacks.

China's information technology ministry called accusations of government involvement in cyber attacks alleged by Google "groundless".