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The $wiftest Pigeon

China's spoiled young princelings aren't content with buying horses, sports cars, and insanely tacky watches alone. In tribute to the intrepid bootleggers who've propped up their country's market economy, China's rich have taken arguably the worst bird of all time, the pigeon, and slapped a Louis Vuitton logo on it. Racing pigeons are the new thoroughbreds here, with birds auctioned for hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece and races netting millions for the champ… Full story

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The $wiftest Pigeon - Trailer

What is the sound of 1 million yuan flapping? China's spoiled young princelings have taken arguably the worst bird of all time, the pigeon, and slapped a Louis Vuitton logo on it. Racing pigeons are the new thoroughbreds here, with birds auctioning for hundreds of thousands of do… Full story

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Strolling the Thames in China

VICE correspondent Ryan Duffy takes a stroll with some tour guides through Thames Town in Songjiang, China. The British-style town is part of the "One City, Nine Towns" plan that China has established for the outskirts of Shanghai. Full story

Here's What's Happening on Friday's Episode of 'VICE'

We can hardly believe we're saying this, but the sixth episode of our HBO show is airing on Friday night. Time flies when you're hanging out with child suicide bombers, chatting up gun-toting preachers, and looking for love in China. We feel so old. But, like some old people befo… Full story

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Chinese Cockblock - The Sex Doll Factory

With 50 million more men than women, the sex industry in China is growing rapidly. For episode five of 'VICE' on HBO, we went to a sex-doll factory in the city of Dalian to see the effects of the uneven dating landscape. Full story

Joe Johnson Is Very Big in China: A Love Story

By day, Yonsan Johnson is an electrical engineer who ekes out the equivalent of $2,400 a year in a factory in northern China. By night, though, he manages the Chinese Joe Johnson Fan Club, and he has accumulated and edited what is likely the world’s largest cache of Joe Johnson-r… Full story

Migrating Luck: Gambling with Chinese Immigrants in Connecticut

Macau, a Chinese island adjacent to Hong Kong, has become the biggest gambling destination in the world. But you don’t need to look across the Pacific for proof of a Chinese gambling culture. Up and down the Northeast Corridor, casinos compete fiercely for the wallets of recent a… Full story

Development’s Debris: China’s Secret Battlefields

China’s cities are strewn with hidden rubble fields, vast apocalyptic landscapes that terminate abruptly at the thresholds of bustling neighborhoods. The skeletons of houses show what once existed there. Onlookers say it resembles the aftermath of a bombing raid—and it does, exce… Full story

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Fightland Worldwide - Macau

The world gets smaller and smaller as MMA pushes into China. Full story

Corpse Brides and Forced Abortions: How China's One-Child Policy Is Still Ruining Lives

China's one-child policy has created a long list of horrors that, besides child trafficking, includes infanticide, infant abandonment, and forced abortions, all used by families desperate to meet the set child quotas. Some sources estimate that 10 million state-enforced abortions… Full story