What is it about going to a famous place that makes you feel like you need to "leave your mark by defiling the spot with your name?" It’s a particular problem, as you might imagine, at the Great Wall of China. China’s solution? Let people do it—in a few specific spots.
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Studying the creatures of the deep sea—be they Giant Squid
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This is terrible. Japan is getting under China’s blanket of gross air contamination. The situation is getting bad pretty quickly—proof that we need to think globally about gas emission controls. It’s not just about raising sea levels in the future. It’s about getting cancer now.
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This stunning image of a crowded, multi-layered library is not the work of M.C. Escher. It’s actually the National Library of China in Beijing, as featured in Travel 365. The library looks big because it is big: the fifth largest in the world, in fact, with over 24 million items in 1.8 million square feet. [National Geographic Travel]
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Apple is no stranger to lawsuits especially in China where they have faced off against other Chinese companies in the past. However it looks like Apple will be taking things to the next level as the Cupertino company will not only be suing a Chinese company by the name of Zhizhen Network Technology, but they will also be going after China’s State Intellectual Property Office. The reason is over Apple’s Siri feature in which Apple and Zhizhen had a dispute over. For those unfamiliar, back in 2013 the Chinese company sued Apple over Siri, claiming that the software copied their technology which is found on their Xiao I Robot.
According to the patent filing, it would seem that is indeed the case as Zhizhen’s patent was filed in 2004, many years before Siri was even introduced to iOS. Apple had asked the patent office invalidate the patent to which they refused, which is why Apple has decided to include them in the mix in their lawsuit as well. A hearing of Zhizhen’s case was done back in July last year but no ruling was made, suggesting that it might be a while before we hearing anything. This new lawsuit will be heard on Thursday by the Beijing Number One Intermediate People’s Court. Will Apple prove successful even in the face of suing a government agency? We guess we will have to wait and find out.
Apple Files Lawsuit Against China’s Patent Office And Chinese Company Over Siri original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Chicago has long been a global leader in an interesting export category: Maker of the world’s tallest buildings. The world’s current tallest building was designed here, as well as the one that will supplant it
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Oh, China. You’re such a great nation, but sometimes we’ve got to call you on your ridiculous reinterpretations of trademarked and copyrighted works from other parts of the world. This handheld gaming console is one such example.
This ridiculously confused PVP Station Light 3000 handheld co-opts imagery from Sony, Nintendo, Rovio and Naughty Dog all in one single package. And having played some of these craptacular systems over the years, I’m going to bet it can’t even play most of the games referenced on its box. Or if it can, it does it very badly.
[via I Use No Way as Way]
A Chinese company recently took the Guinness World Records for the world’s thinnest latex condom. It comes in at 0.036 millimeters.
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