A fund dedicated to fighting child abduction via online microblogging services was established Thursday by the China Social Assistance Foundation.
Beijing's new sanitation standards for public toilets include one item that has people buzzing: No more than two flies allowed.
A middle school teacher who was injured while saving two students from an oncoming bus has succesfully undergone surgical debridement.
Liu Weizhong, 54, director of the Gansu provincial Department of Health, was given the nickname "pig foot director" by netizens after advocating the medical benefits of pig feet on his microblog account.
Thanks to micro blogs, Zaizai, a volunteer who has helped rescue more than 100 missing children, will no longer be a lonely hero.
While hiking Qomolangma, mountaineer Wang Tianhan wrote on his micro blog that he was "kidnapped" on Tuesday by a group of people who turned out to be rescuers.
The guessing game for which famous soccer star will be the next to land in China went hotly on as more big names were linked to the Chinese soccer.
Chinese badminton players romped into the quarter-finals of the Thomas and Uber Cup as the world No. 1 ranked Lee Chong Wei pulled out of the tournament with a torn ligament.
The Guangzhou International Sports Arena almost felt like the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Saturday night.
Oxford University's Nuffield Department of Medicine has opened an office in Beijing that will help pioneer research into diabetes in China.
Staff at a center designed to train people how to cope with unexpected disaster are hailing the success of their program after no injuries were suffered when an earthquake struck a village where they are operating.
Less than 40 percent of software installed on computers in China was pirated in 2011, a decline of 3 percentage points from the previous year.
Along with the decades-long surge of China's economy in modern times, China has witnessed another rising trend, that of building ever taller statues.

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The destinies of many folk crafts are similar, suffering many twists and turns.

The growing thirst for iPhones in China has caused some unfortunate cases. Thefts and robberies are on the rise, as even children become targets of crime.

Most creative packed lunches are attractive.
Grassroots' nap at noon reflects tough life.
Top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo arrived in the Spanish capital on Wednesday, kicking off a visit to inject vitality into bilateral cooperation.
A delegation of Tibet experts and scholars gathered at the Chinese Consulate in New York to exchange views on current social and economic developments in the Tibet autonomous region.
Two countries with close ties to the West are keen to get closer to SCO as it enhances its security and economic cooperation.
Fees for expectant mainland mothers who want to give birth in HK have over doubled in anticipation of next year's hospital ban on nonresidents.
Hong Kong topped the list ranking the competitiveness of cities in China, followed by Taipei and Beijing.
The inaugural speech by re-elected Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou on Sunday showed his will to continue strengthening cross-Straits relations in his term.
Property prices will dip this year but a tumble is unlikely, a report by the China Academy of Social Sciences said on Thursday.
China's largest offshore oil producer announced Thursday that the company has made a new oil discovery in the Bohai Sea.
Luxury automaker BMW on Thursday launched a new plant in the northeast China city of Shenyang to further tap into the world's largest auto market.
Foreign nationals in China have nothing to fear as long as they have valid visas and do not break the law.
Ten times more Chinese students come to the US to study than US students come to study in China, and 600 times more Chinese study the English language than Americans study Mandarin.
In my limited experience of Chinese people, picked up from just a year living in Beijing, the public generally holds a kind and friendly view toward foreigners. I personally couldn’t ask for a warmer reception.
Talent programs are making it big among foreign students on university campuses.

