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This is how an interesting graph about how china is ruled as you can see the communist party is clearly the strongest and most dominate thing in china but there is power some what sepertated amounst others in china.

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Hamster prices triple in China

Pet shop owners say stocks are running low - and prices high - as children clamour for a furry friend.

According to the Chinese media, prices have tripled to about 30 yuan ($4.20, £2.10) per hamster across the country.

In the Year of the Rat, this tiny creature has become the most acceptable rodent, a type of animal that is not everyone's first-choice pet.

"Rats and mice have a bad image, but hamsters are gentle. You can hold them in your hand and play with them," Xinhua News Agency reported.

Pet stores are also reporting an increased interest in other, similar-looking creatures, such as chinchillas and squirrels.

But it is the hamster that appears to have caught the imagination at the start of a new lunar year in China.

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This is an interesting little article about how the hampster are being heavly bought and owned as pets because this year is considered the year of the rat so the people are buying rat like animals just a curious little thing i saw....

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China one-child rule "to remain"

Officials admit the one-child rule is often flouted by richer families The Chinese leadership has denied suggestions that it is about to alter its controversial one-child policy.

Family planning chief Zhang Weiqing said there would be no change in the rule limiting families in cities to one child and those in rural areas to two.

His comments come a week after another family planning official said a policy change was under discussion.

The rule has been blamed for creating a gender imbalance, with families eager to have boys rather than a girls.

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this is a follow up to a post i made last week. china has come out and said that they will not get rid of the one child rule, this is significant because now china's arms are still flexed on the issue of the one child. so mark one up for the chinese government

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China's Military Spending

China says it plans to increase military spending by nearly 18% this year, to 417.8bn yuan $59bn; £30bn).

The figure was revealed ahead of China's annual parliamentary session, which begins on Wednesday.

Just before the announcement, the US released a report criticising China's military spending, and voicing concern over advances in space and cyberspace.

China rejected the Pentagon report as a "serious distortion of facts" that could harm its relations with the US.

"It breaks international norms... We do not pose a threat to any country. The US should drop its Cold War mentality," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

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China says it will increase their military spending by more than 18 percent this year. The U.S. denounced this new spending policy and China responded by saying that the U.S should drop their Cold War mentality. China says the spending will primarily go to the national defense funds but even so, this is a scary thought for the U.S.

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