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Sun bears living in China, video shows

Scientists in Yunnan province have strong evidence that sun bears live in China.

Even with help, trees struggle to survive in barren Tibet area

A fine fowl perches on a fine tree, as the old Chinese saying goes, but in Nagqu prefecture in the northern part of the Tibet autonomous region, there are simply no trees, fine or otherwise.

Unique class is in session

A hospital ward in Shanghai that cares for children with leukemia has become the first in the city to provide regular classes taught by schoolteachers.

Security guard wins offer from top art academy

Walking from the east gate of the Central Academy of Fine Arts to its main studio takes less than 30 minutes, but for Li Cheng, a former campus security guard at the academy, the journey has taken almost a decade.

Donor inspires with free blood sacrifice

At the end of last month, Craig Allen Ruhstorfer offered another 400 milliliters of blood, unpaid, to a donation service station in Pingdu, a county-level city in Shandong province.

Around China

Hunan

Man sentenced to death for mass killing

A man who killed 19 people, including his parents and a 3-year-old, was sentenced to death on Friday, according to a local court in Yunnan province.

McDonald's outlets in Shanghai pass health inspections

Shanghai Municipal Food and Drug Administration inspected four McDonald's restaurants in the city on Thursday and didn't find any food safety problems, the Information Office of Shanghai Municipal Government said late on Thursday.

Most-wanted fugitive stands trial

China's most-wanted graft fugitive, Yang Xiuzhu, who had been on the run for 13 years, stood trial on Friday at a court in Zhejiang province.

Shaolin Temple prepares 'Great Meeting'

The first "Great Meeting Open to All" will be held at the Shaolin Temple from July 29 to Aug 4 in Dengfeng, Henan province.

Result of academic fraud investigation announced

The result of an investigation into a scandal in which a foreign medical journal retracted 107 papers from China because of peer review fraud was announced by the Ministry of Science and Technology on Thursday.