Punk's not dead – it's alive and kicking in Cuba, Iran and China. Related: the Cuban punk rocker previously detained on charges of dangerousness has been released but fined for playing too loud.

Memo to Spain's Olympic basketball squad: using your fingers to slant your eyes in a photo may not be funny to host nation China. (via Machochip)

In an effort to reduce smog in Beijing during this summer's Olympics, China is only allowing half of 3.3 million cars to be driven each day. For a two-month period, cars with license plates that end in even numbers with alternate daily with cars that have odd-numbered plates.

Black Eyed Peas raised an estimated $870,000 during a private charity concert in Shanghai for victims of the China earthquake.

Check out Coco Wang's true stories about China's deadly earthquake, in devastating comic book form. (via Waxy)

Check out a set of surreal wedding pictures taken before, during and after China's devastating earthquake. (via Metafilter)

China surpassed the U.S. as the number one industrial source of carbon dioxide emissions, according to a study in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. Man-made carbon dioxide worsens global warming by accumulating in the Earth's atmosphere and trapping in heat.

Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has threatened to step down as Tibet's political leader if violent demonstrations against China continue. The Dalai Lama has lived in exile since 1959, six years after China invaded Tibet.

U.S. officials say they are ready to accept "binding international obligations" to reduce carbon emissions, as long as developing countries like China, Brazil and India make the same commitment.