(China Daily)
Two teenage burglars fell asleep in the apartment they had broken into and were woken up by police on Sunday night, in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province.
The owner of the apartment found his property messed up and two strangers sleeping soundly…
(China Daily)
A junior high school boy in Dalian, Liaoning, became fed up with schoolwork and his grades plummeted because he didn’t fancy the look of his female teacher.
The boy used to have a good academic record at school, his mother…
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A man who could not buy a train ticket in Beijing to go home for the National Day holiday, decided to take the journey on two wheels instead.
Jiang Qingfeng plans to take eight or nine days to cover the…
(China Daily)
A veteran in Taiwan Province was relieved after finding a former army colleague nearly 50 years later and paying back NT$40 ($1.20) he borrowed.
The 73 year old, surnamed Yang, borrowed the money from a man surnamed Cai, 50 years…
(China Daily)
A Guangdong Province “Mouse King” showed why he is the top rodent catcher by trapping dozens of mice in a couple of hours.
Li Jing was invited to an infested part of Mong Kok by a neighborhood committee that had…
(China Daily)
Wang Chengyao thought a wardrobe was a safe place to hide after he robbed a woman in Tongchuan, Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. He was so wrong.
After the thief committed the robbery last Tuesday and found a nearby hiding place,…
(China Daily)
A Scottish-style wedding ceremony was held last week in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, attracting large crowds.
A guard of honor dressed in traditional Scottish costumes lined up and welcomed guests by playing bagpipes. The groom, who dressed up as a…
(China Daily)
A pig farmer distraught by the repeated loss of livestock caused by lightning strikes in Xiamen, Fujian Province, has sought professional help.
In June the farmer, surnamed Gong, lost five pigs after they were hit by lightning. Since then, every…
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A woman who had her handbag taken after leaving it when she went for a toilet break is now worried because the presumed thief mailed her driving license back to her earlier this week.
Chen, a shopkeeper, lost her mobile…
(China Daily)
A man surnamed Yan sued a highway management company on Tuesday for 1.65 million yuan ($220,000) after he was injured in a traffic accident.
Yan was driving on the Beijing-Shijiazhuang Freeway when he swerved to avoid a dog that jumped…
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A Guinness World Record for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been set in Taipei County, Taiwan Province, with 3,249 residents simultaneously giving the kiss of life.
Ranging from a four-year-old girl to a 97-year-old grandma, they gathered in a public square…
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A migrant worker has won plaudits for looking after 680 widows and orphans in the past 11 years, in Huangchuan, Henan Province.
His story was so touching it was covered by more than 50 national and local and media organizations.
Huang…
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A romantically inclined woman fell out of a tree earlier this month and needed to be hospitalized for fractured bones after picking osmanthus blossoms in Youyang County, Chongqing.
Qian Yu, 60, and her husband Tian Fan associated osmanthus with their…
(Xinhua) Updated: 2007-09-21 08:46A researcher gathers water sample from a lake in Kumutage desert on Sept. 18, 2007. Kumutage desert is located in the adjacent region of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China. [Xinhua]
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(China Daily)
Ancient seeds found recently in a tomb from the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25-220) in Yulin, Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province have surprisingly started germinating.
The seeds were found in pottery buried in the tomb. On the ware are the characters…
(China Daily)
A visitor to Fuzhou Zoo had his phone stolen and his arm scratched after he took photos of a group of Assamese macaques.
Zheng Dong was taking snaps of the monkeys when one of them suddenly snatched his phone and…
(China Daily)
While most people try to keep their weight down, a 19-year-old man is desperately trying to add some fat to his rake-thin frame.
The man, surnamed Zong, is 1.73 m tall but weighs just 36 kg. Dubbed the “thinnest person”…
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Two suspected thieves have been taken into police custody for attempting to steal a bulldozer with a crane and a truck in Feixi County, Anhui Province.
Last week a villager, surnamed Yu, was woken by the sound of rumbling and…
(China Daily)
Zookeepers in Xiamen, Fujian Province, are searching for two peacocks, a male and female, who escaped from Wanshi Botanic Garden last weekend.
The peacocks were spotted on a hill near Xiamen University on Sunday. Workers from the local forestry bureau…
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Tens of thousands of snails seemingly appeared from nowhere and were found climbing trees outside a factory in An’shan, Liaoning Province, following a shower.
Wildlife experts said the snails lived in a ditch by the factory and reasoned the rain…
