
It all started with the lure of the glitz, the glamour and the dream of being China's next pop star. But, as with many reality shows, Lou Jing's instant fame came with unanticipated consequences.
On the road into Linfen, China, the cars seem to disappear into dense smog that clings to vanishing buildings. Welcome to what the the World Bank has dubbed the most polluted city in the world.
China has banned individuals from registering Internet domain names and launched a review of millions of existing personal Web sites in the toughest government censorship drive so far on the Internet.