(China Daily)
A fair-haired dog has become well known on a housing estate in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province.
The dog, called Er Bao, not only goes to the shop and buys buns for its master, surnamed Fang, but also looks after…
(China Daily)
A fair-haired dog has become well known on a housing estate in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province.
The dog, called Er Bao, not only goes to the shop and buys buns for its master, surnamed Fang, but also looks after…
(China Daily)
Two women in their 20s who were fighting over a man decided to settle their argument on Sunday with a drinking contest: The last one standing would get her man.
The two women from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, drank three bottles…
(China Daily)
A pied magpie moved into a drug store in Dalian, Liaoning Province, a month ago and shows no intention of leaving.
“The bird stole into the shop and ate some dog food we prepared for our pet,” the shop owner,…
(China Daily)
Doctors and police sought the help of fire fighters to save an obese man in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Tuesday.
The man, surnamed Ye, weighed more than 150 kg and was critically ill when his family members called…
(China Daily)
The toilets of a restaurant in Beijing are causing controversy after being named “Liberated Area,” a term referring to regions controlled by the Communist Party of China before the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
A staff…
(China Daily)
A devoted fan of pop star Eason Chan waved her glow stick so hard at her hero’s concert she had to be treated in hospital for hand spasms.
The woman sought help from workers at Hung Hom stadium on Sunday…
(China Daily)
A mother has given birth to three children, on the same day of different years, in Zhanghua County, Taiwan Province.
The mother, surnamed Huang, had her first son on November 1, 2001. She got pregnant again four months later and…
(China Daily)
An engineer held his wedding at Kowloon City Market in Hong Kong, where his parents kept a chicken stall, to show his gratitude for their hard work.
The bridegroom, surnamed Leung, said his parents labored 16 hours a day at…
(China Daily)
Zhang Xinquan is an unusually good calligrapher and can even write upside down, standing on his head.
The 59-year-old from Changde, Hunan Province, started practicing calligraphy aged six, and moved on to headstands and writing from this position in 2002.
Zhang’s…
(China Daily)
A 22-year-old woman has spent more than 300,000 yuan ($40,000) on a lonely hearts advertisement in a local newspaper in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.
The woman’s father is thought to be a real-estate tycoon, whose estimated worth is 1 billion yuan…
(China Daily)
Fan Lin had completed 24 years and eight months in prison, but just 48 hours after being released he was arrested, in Huangshi, Hubei Province.
Fan admitted to several thefts and told police he wanted to go back to prison.…
(China Daily)
Two cockerels owned by a woman surnamed Zhang have been attracting fans because of their footballing abilities, in Shenyang, Liaoning Province.
“They learned how to play football one day in early February when I was playing it myself. To my…
(China Daily)
Police in Zibo, Shandong Province, were called out for a burglary by a farmer, only to discover the man had hidden the money in his pigsty.
The farmer, surnamed Li, buried 15,800 yuan ($2,020) in a pig’s pen on Sunday,…
(China Daily)
Parents of a young woman in Shanghai are anxiously seeking a solution to their daughter’s habit of either fasting or binge eating.
Yang Yang, 21, ate just milk candies a day two years ago and as a result her weight…
(China Daily)
A couple of smart, young macaques escaped from a zoo in Jilin, Jilin Province, a month ago and have refused to return to their family after falling in love.
“They escaped when they were being moved south for the winter,”…
(China Daily)
Zhao Xiaomei, 57, has a zero tolerance attitude to her job as security guard. There have been no crimes on her watch for 15 years.
Zhao, from Zhengzhou in Henan Province, earns just 330 yuan ($44) a month but has…
(China Daily)
A college student who spent more than 30,000 yuan ($4,000) buying a Western-style suit to attend a college banquet on Thursday has sparked controversy among locals in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province.
The cost of the suit is more than many people…
(China Daily)
More than 80 couples from across the country participated in a wife-carrying competition last Saturday, in Huaying, Sichuan Province.
Starting at 10:30 am, husbands or boyfriends carried their better halves 300 m before climbing Huaying Mountain, known as “love mountain”…
(China Daily)
A 67-year-old farmer has constructed a miniature submarine in Caidian, Hubei Province.
Li Yuming’s craft, called Xiagang 5, successfully submerged for 10 seconds in a local lake, on Tuesday.
Li said he had spent a year studying how to make the…
(China Daily)
A migrant woman in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, gave birth to healthy twin girls on Tuesday, just one year after delivering triplets, all boys.
The woman, surnamed Pan, gave birth to a baby girl on her way to the hospital. Another…