Wedding guests not served by workers on strike
2008-06-18 19:29:10
After her wedding ceremony on Sunday, Zhang Ling, a new bride from Beijing, was looking forward to savoring the moment with family and friends at a lavish wedding banquet that evening.
Rare genetic variation keeps calf from farm work
2008-06-18 19:28:50
A cow kept by a farmer from a village of Liuhe county, Jilin province, gave birth to a calf with six legs.
Cat picks fight with magpies, and loses
2008-06-17 15:42:22
A cat kept by a 6-year-old boy in Shijingshan district, Beijing, prowled up a tree to raid a bird's nest last week.
Woman swallows engagement ring
2008-06-16 19:36:38
A man surnamed Chen's marriage proposal to his girlfriend didn't go as planned.
Boy, 2, Shanghai's first HFMD fatality
2008-06-18 07:32:52
The first death of a child from hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) here was confirmed yesterday by the city's health bureau.
Man waves banner urging wife to come home
2008-06-16 16:47:11
A man in Shenzhen special economic zone made a desperate plea for his estranged wife to return home.
Bomber arrested in Zhejiang
2008-06-16 07:34:37
Police on Sunday detained a man suspected of detonating an explosion that killed one person and injured 35 in Zhejiang province.
Swimmers go the distance to raise awareness
2008-06-10 15:01:04
A group of swimmers from Jiangxi province spent nearly two weeks wading through the waters to get across Ganjiang River last week.
Life returning to normal in Chengdu
2008-06-10 08:05:45
Loud music, dim lighting, exquisitely dressed men and women, and a dance floor packed with writhing bodies - surely, this disco in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, looks quite different from how it, and the rest of the city, appeared in the days following the May 12 earthquake.
Crop-buring man netted
2008-06-10 09:58:57
A villager from Bozhou, Anhui province, has been detained for violating a local ban on burning crop straws.
Goodbye, subway's paper tickets
2008-06-06 14:48:06
The Beijing subway will on Monday bid farewell to the familiar paper tickets.
Man used beer bottles to make mom comfortable
2008-06-04 10:26:28
A farmer in Mizhi county, Shaanxi province, used beer bottles to make a solar water-heating device so his elderly mother could take a warm bath every day.