Pictures of an economically affordable house project in Qingdao, Shandong province have gone viral on the Internet as some windows were fake and painted on the wall. People joked that the windows were made by a magic brush.

A public hearing on whether local automobiles should be switched off when they need to park for more than three minutes was held in Beijing on Thursday, in which local residents, experts and government authorities discussed the move, the Beijing News reported. The regulation was seen as an effort to reduce capital city's heavy air pollution.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Wednesday the warranty period for seven types of its mobile phones produced before November 30, 2012, will be extended for another year and the company apologized to Chinese consumers. The apology came after CCTV reported those types of mobile phones always suddenly crash and have high maintenance costs.

"…Sometimes I wish to see disasters, such as tsunamis or earthquakes hit some countries…since everyone will rush to help those countries after disasters, which I was very happy to see. Otherwise, without such disasters, dispute or attack will easily happen among countries…" said kung fu movie star Jackie Chan when he talked about relations between the US and China in a recent interview. His words were regarded as another slip of the tongue since he said in January that the US was the country with biggest corruption.

Gu Chunfang, a former fugitive dubbed "beautiful businesswoman" in Jiangsu province was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for illegally taking more than one billion yuan($0.16 billion) of public money, Yangzi Evening News reported. Gu fled in March 2012 to escape loan debts but was captured shortly afterwards in Shanghai.

A 10-year-old boy's right hand was cut off by his mother's boyfriend Tuesday in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province. The boy's hand was put into an electric heating jug in scalding hot water, while a financial dispute is being settled between the child's mother and her boyfriend. Despite surgery, the boy ended up losing his right hand, www.ycwb.com reported.

Two parks, in which the giant rubber duck was on display over one month received over 200 million yuan ($33 million) in tickets and other income. The giant rubber duck's appearance, the work of Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, was due to end on Oct 27 at the Summer Palace in Beijing. Organizers said that a series of countdown events will be held to say farewell to the duck. The duck made its debut in Beijing from Sept 6 to Sept 23 at Garden Expo Park, www.ynet.com reported.

Wang Ming, of Henan province, provides free legal advice to people in a community in Beijing. Wang has helped community residents resolve many disputes and assisted migrant workers get their wages. Wang, who once worked as a security guard, passed the national judicial examination in September 2008 and became a lawyer. He has been dispensing free legal advice for five years as a volunteer in the community, Beijing Times reported.