"The Empress of China" is the No. 1 TV show in China. Akin to "Downton Abbey," the program is a period drama set during the Tang Dynasty -- when the nobility's dresses showed cleavage. After debuting to tremendous acclaim, the show disappeared for four days only to reappear edited.
A cash-strapped zoo in China is apologizing for trying to pass off dogs as lions. They painted a Tibetan mastiff orange and black and also tried to pass off two sea cucumbers as snakes.