- Witnesses to Tiananmen Square struggle with what to tell their children
- Tiananmen Square online searches censored by Chinese authorities
- China Bans 7 Topics in University Classrooms Chronicle
- Chinese tourists' bad manners harming country's reputation, says senior official—A fifteen-year-old boy from Nanjing defaced a 3,000-year-old relic.
- China is starting to get embarrassed about its tourists' obnoxious behavior abroad
- Families demand answers on China blaze—"Protests outside poultry factory after fire kills at least 120 people - the country's worst in more than a decade." The reason why so many died was that they "could not escape the blaze at the Baoyuanfeng factory on Monday because exits were locked."
- In China, 'cancer villages' a reality of life
- In China, Hacking Has Widespread Acceptance—"Hacking in China thrives across official, corporate and criminal worlds and is openly discussed and promoted, whether for breaking into private networks, tracking dissent or stealing trade secrets." Even Google isn't safe. NYT
- US report warns on China IP theft—"The theft of intellectual property from the US is "unprecedented" and costing the nation an estimated $300bn (£200bn) each year, a report says."
- Report: Chinese hackers breach top weapons design
- Greenpeace, Istanbul: The last tree or the final straw?
- 'Just a few looters': Turkish PM Erdogan dismisses protests as thousands occupy Istanbul's Taksim Square
- Turkish protesters decry 'unprecedented violence'
- Social media and opposition to blame for protests, says Turkish PM—"Social media is the worst menace to society,' says Recep Erdogan after thousands take control of Istanbul's main square."
- Turkish president defends people's right to protest
- Turkish police captured on video gassing a house!
- Turkey's media under fire: protests at NTV—"Critics of NTV, one of Turkey’s leading news channels, believe that it censored police brutality in its reporting of the mass protests."
- Brutal, fatal cleaver assault in London called a terrorist attack
- Woolwich killings suspect Michael Adebolajo was inspired by cleric banned from UK after urging followers to behead enemies of Islam
- U.K. Beheading Shows It's Time To Fight the Doctrine of Jihad
- Man charged with making 'racist or anti-religious' Facebook comments about British soldier’s death
- UK police: 3 more suspects arrested in Woolwich soldier killing
- We Are Now One Year Away From Global Riots, Complex Systems Theorists Say
- Has summer turned into 'riot season' in Europe?
- Youth unemployment in Greece and Spain above 50 percent
- Swedish riots: if instability can happen here, what might unfold elsewhere?
- Egypt upper house election declared illegal—"Islamist-dominated Shura Council and panel that drafted constitution ruled invalid by Supreme Constitutional Court."
- Kuwait media law proposes $1 million fines for insults to emir
- Singapore to regulate Yahoo, other online news sites
- Iran tightens grip on cyberspace with 'halal internet'
- Paul Krugman's right: Austerity kills—Like, literally. Salon
- Bedroom Tax victim commits suicide: Grandmother Stephanie Bottrill blames government in tragic note
- Death and taxes in Italy
- A fascinating map of the world's most and least racially tolerant countries
- Cardinal says German women should stay home and have 'three or four children' to avoid need for immigrants
- French court to jail 'anti-white' racist for attack—"A man in the southern French city of Toulon has been given a jail sentence after racially abusing a white man, before attacking him. The victim was called a 'dirty white', and told 'this is a place for Arabs.'"
- Italian soccer match stopped due to racist abuse of Milan's Balotelli
- Pies apologise to Goodes after alleged racial slur—"Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has vowed to seek out the fan who allegedly racially abused Sydney Swans champion Adam Goodes on Friday night and ban her from the club."
- PepsiCo forced to withdraw 'racist' Mountain Dew ad
- Backlash greets Cheerios ad with interracial family
