Santa's Workshop

Short documentary from Sweden about the inhumane conditions suffered by Chinese toy factory workers, and the toll it takes on their health and environment.

Sexy Beijing: Lost in Translation

An American girl living in Beijing, China explores the funny array of English names adopted by the Chinese people.

Double happiness and sweet buns to the fabulous Neatorama for turning me onto this wonderful videoblog series.

Violent Crack Down on Burmese Protests

The BBC World News report on the latest developments on the protests in Burma. The country's military leadership has turned its guns on the people.

According to a report on yesterday's Rachel Maddow radio show, similar events occurred 19 years ago when the people rose up against the government. Back then, the military disguised themselves as protesters and acted out violently, in order to legitimize a military backlash. This resulted in the slaughter of thousands of innocent people, and suppression of the revolution. Well, the dictatorship is at it again. According to sources, the military has recently invested in hundreds of monk's robes and encouraged soldiers to shave their heads, so that they can disguise themselves as protesting monks and repeat the violence of the past.

Meanwhile, Bush has been trying to stick his nose into the situation, because - ahem! - Burma has oil...

Mike Gravel on Real Time

Presidential Candidate Mike Gravel got a chance to speak about trade policies and economics on the overtime edition of this week's Real Time with Bill Maher.

New Rules - Red Poisoning

Real Time with Bill Maher is back for another season. Here's a clip of this week's New Rules.

The Thousand-Handed Goddess of Mercy

21 deaf Chinese dancers perform an amazing Thai-esque dance called "Senjyukannon", which roughly translates as "The Thousand-Handed Goddess of Mercy".

The Word - Made in Iraq

Stephen Colbert has figured out an alternative to faulty Chinese goods.

Bogus Medical Supplies from China

Holy crapballs!

More messed up imports from China. This time it's diabetes test strips, pregnancy tests & HIV test kits.

Voting Machines Not Ready for 2008

Dan Rather reports that the electronic voting machines are suffering from the same flaws that voters have complained about since 2000. Oh, and some of those machines are made in China...

Kucinich Won the AFL-CIO Debate

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Don't listen to the talking heads of the corporate media. Anyone who watched tonight's AFL-CIO Democratic debate knows that Congressman Dennis Kucinich kicked everybody's ass! He had the union workers behind him the whole way. The crowd loved him!

Posted above is the line of the night. When the candidates were asked whether China should be considered an economic competitor or an adversary, Kucinich just knocked it out of the park...

Ha Ha Ha America

Creative short film illustrating a fictional open letter from Chinese business to America.

Mr. Woo's Robots

Paul Merton travels to China to meet Mr. Woo & his family of robots.

The Blue Comets - "Blue Chateau"

Rock and roll with a Chinese flavor, live from The Ed Sullivan Show in the early 1960s.