A 40-year-old man surnamed Shen became very angry when he learned that his son, a junior high school student, had been feeding him sleeping pills so he could surf the Internet at night in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province.
Neighborhood security…
A 40-year-old man surnamed Shen became very angry when he learned that his son, a junior high school student, had been feeding him sleeping pills so he could surf the Internet at night in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province.
Neighborhood security…
A parrot that can speak English, Putonghua and Cantonese dialect has become a star attraction of Yinghao housing estate in Guangzhou’s Haizhu district.
The white parrot, named Jixiang, can also play on a swing and perform other stunts, much to the…
Feng Junqiang, who escaped from prison 22 years ago, surrendered to police and returned to his cell in Liuzhou, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, after learning that conditions in the prison had greatly improved.
Feng, who was sentenced to serve five…
Two men were taken into custody on Monday for allegedly stealing cinerary urns from a cemetery and extorting 20,000 yuan ($2,810) from the memorial park’s authorities in Chifeng, in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
Mao and Chen met while serving time…
BEIJING - A fisherman in China’s Zhejiang province has netted a fish that, according to local tradition, may sell for over 1 million yuan (US$140,000).
A fisherman unveils the gill of the Chinese bahaba caught on March 1, 2008. [rednet.com.cn]
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A man found himself cornered by the two Tibetan mastiffs he was trying to steal on Tuesday night in Tianjin.
The thief, Zhang, had heard about the valuable pedigree dogs several nights before he tried to steal them, when he dined…
A 15-year-old boy from Henan province was escorted home on Wednesday after setting out alone to visit his grandfather in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
Wang Xing could not find his grandfather’s home on his own, and with no money decided…
A man was lucky to escape with his life after falling on of the rail tracks of a Beijing subway station on Tuesday.
A train was pulling into the station at the time. Fortunately, the man managed to squeeze himself between…
Liu Baofu, 64, a farmer, is attending primary school in Changxian, Chongqing municipality.
“I lost my way one day last year on my way to attend a county meeting. I did not know how to ask for directions or to use…
A seven-year-old boy Niu Zai is a computer expert in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
Niu, a grade one pupil, is the youngest IT technician in Guangxi. He was helping to repair computers when only six years old, and installing software…
A man was paid compensation after he was hit by a falling cat while dining at a restaurant in the Haidian district of Beijing on Tuesday.
The man surnamed Bi was having lunch when a cat dropped from the ceiling injuring…
A taxi driver gets very nervous whenever he sees passengers in his vehicle hugging or kissing.
He has posted a notice in his vehicle: No hugging or kissing in this taxi.
“Passengers hugging or kissing in my car may suffer injuries as…
A man surnamed Zhang who reads electricity meters for a power company in villages located in Yangxi county, Guangdong province, has hired a youngster to accompany for fear of the dogs.
Almost every village family keeps a dog. Some can be…
Yesterday, Cathay Pacific confirmed that it has fired its Boeing fleetChief Pilot (i.e. the most senior pilot in CX Group) for performing anunscheduled low flyby over Boeing’s field on a VIP flight with the newBoeing 777-300ER aircraft (the one with…
A total of 107 mothers and their children are recently invited for DNA tests in the Hong Kong special administrative region.
The DNA tests were ordered after a man born at Fan Yuk Hospital on November 30, 1976, found he had…
A man surnamed Zhang who robbed his girlfriend surnamed Peng was arrested in Shenzhen special economic zone recently.
Zhang began dating Peng last September. He tried to cheat her out of some money when he learned she had a healthy bank…
A huge piece of Hetian jade finally arrived in Shenzhen special economic zone after being transported for six years.
The jade weighs 11 tons, is 3.75 m long, 1.35 m high and 1.44 m wide.
Deng Jianxin, a Shenzhen resident, purchased the…
A resident surnamed Zhou of Dazhou, Sichuan province, has set a local medical record.
The 39-year-old man underwent an operation recently to remove gallstones - a total of 3,956.
“It was a record, I have never removed so many gallstones,” a doctor…
Chen Modao, 65, a disabled man living in Zigong, Sichuan province, has a very good live-in partner, a dog named Fentiao, who pulls his wheelchair from place to place.
Fentiao was given to Chen by a friend in February last year.…
A PhD student surnamed Deng of Wuhan, Hubei province, whose home was recently burgled, has published his e-mail address in newspapers hoping the thief will return his PhD dissertation stored in the computer. Deng also lost 7,000 yuan.
Deng has to…