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BEIJING (Reuters Life!) – Villagers in eastern China have been forced by the country’s unbending bureaucracy to change their family name as the character is so rare it cannot be typed.

The PC maker has apparently decided to break into the gaming business with a new console called the eBox.

Target and Best Buy want your old and used games, Lenovo is coming out with a motion control console in China, and a new Google search gives you up to updated news on any subject.

N. Korea’s reclusive leader Kim Jong Il was in China Thursday on his 2nd trip this year to his country’s main source of diplomatic support, according to teachers at a school he visited

Chinese state TV says 42 people died in northeast China after a Chinese passenger jet overshot a runway in the country’s northeast and burst into flames. At least 48 onboard had been rescued. Heilongjiang – Northeast China – People’s Republic of China – China – Asia