Southern Weekend

Low on Water, Short of Crop Land, Beijingers Turn to Golf

Daniel K. Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

Daniel K. Gardner

Considering the sizeable amount of land taken out of production, the water and the pesticides needed, and the harmful effects of intensive turf management, Beijing's golf craze makes little sense.

Chinese Editor Demoted after Obama interview Communist Party censors' anger

Reuters | Chris Buckley | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING (Reuters) -- The top editor of a Chinese newspaper that interviewed U.S. President Barack Obama has been demoted, sources said, in a move they...