A campaign began in Xianyang, Shaanxi province to keep the streets clean by offering residents cash for discarded cigarette butts they pick up in urban areas.
Homes are sweet and comfortable, but maybe not those built through forced demolitions.
The parents of a boy who killed himself in a suicide pact arranged over China's most popular instant messaging service, QQ, are suing its owner, Shenzhen-based Tencent Holdings Ltd, in Zhejiang province.
Efforts to tap rich Chinese resources for charity are being hampered by attitudes and red tape, experts said.
Students at Baoding-based Hebei University have rallied online to demand severe punishment for the drunken driver who bragged he is the son of a police official after being accused of killing a girl and knocking down another in a hit-and-run on Saturday.
A recording clip on the Internet allegedly showing a government official talking about fengshui has sparked controversy as it seemed to suggest the construction of a building was halted because the official believed it would disturb the fengshui of a nearby government compound.
The latest government regulation limiting families to the purchase of only one new apartment has led many couples in the city to fake a divorce to dodge the rule.
Police in southwest China's Sichuan province on Wednesday said they have arrested all five suspects involved in a deadly wage dispute which drew nearly one thousand people onto the streets early this week.
Liu Wei, who plays the piano with his toes, was crowned champion of China's Got Talent on Sunday.
Board games helping young Chinese reconnect in the digital age. Zhou Wenting and Peng Yining in Beijing report.
Taiwan IT giant Foxconn faces new accusations of forcing employees in its mainland factories to work excessive overtime and of exploiting interns.
Beijing's infamous Passion Nightclub had its Chinese sign removed and put its Internet domain name up for sale, though police are expected to lift a six-month ban on the operation next month, local media have reported.