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Xi gets honors
President Xi Jinping and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro clap after Xi was awarded the Order of the Liberator in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas on Sunday. Photo by Jorge Silva / Reuters

New scare hits fast food chains

Shanghai has shut a food production factory for allegedly selling out-of-date meat to restaurant giants including McDonald's and KFC.

Nation and Digest

Around China

A 67-year-old woman in Wuxi injured herself but claimed she had been bitten by dogs so she could get money from dog owners, Legal Daily reported on Monday. The woman, surnamed Huang, injured her own hands and legs and then went to rural areas to find houses whose occupants kept dogs. She told them that their dogs had bitten her, and she demanded money to treat the injuries. From May 2012 to June 2014, Huang got about 10,000 yuan ($1,611) through the scheme, which she used 17 times, the authorities said. She was detained by police.

Cover Story

Belief in building

When graduate student Chen Xin visited the White Horse Temple in Luoyang of Henan province, she never expected to see shrines built in foreign styles there.

Life

Between two worlds

Wearing an Aboriginal necklace, a man strikes a typical kung fu greeting pose. He is wearing four flags on his back like wings. They are the flag of China, the banner of the King of Scots and the national flags of New Zealand and Spain.

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