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More than 60,000 pigeons set off during the 8th China Pigeon Race at the Zhengzhou Sports Center in 2007. The birds came from more than 10 provinces and municipalities. Provided to China Daily
The bird bomb detonates. Its payload - millions of yuan worth of pigeons - explodes out of the truck's door like shrapnel with wings. Win or lose the war they seemingly don't realize is before their beaks, they're instinctively flying home.
Sunday Digest
Blaze causes at least 100 million yuan in damage, destroys hundreds of ancient houses
Sunday Special
A Belgian bird called Bolt recently sold for a world-record price of 310,000 euros ($425,000) - the cost of a desirable residence in Brussels.
Sunday People
An enthusiastic amateur believes ancient Chinese script he's found among Native American pictographs prove that Asians crossed the Pacific centuries ago, he tells Mike Peters.
Sunday Expat
Belgian orchestra conductor Eric Lederhandler is following his energetic father in fostering friendship between China and Belgium. Eric's father, Henri Lederhandler, began using his business acumen in the 1960s, when there was little contact between Western countries and China, to foster relations between the new republic and his native Belgium.
Sunday Image
There was no hanging back when this daredevil performed his latest feat
Entrepreneur Special
Counterintuitive though it may seem, Wu Guodi said it is the mistakes he has made in his 40-year career that are the keys to his success.
Sunday Food
We were there for afternoon tea, but stayed for dinner. As we were finishing off our scones and clotted cream, a figure in chef's white was bustling around carefully filling up the buffet stations.
Sunday Kaleidoscope
Do you regret rarely cooking a meal for your family or even sharing dinners with them on the same table?
Sunday Travel
My fascination with Taiwan began with a boy. Luis and I were in fifth grade together and I thought that he was cute. I finally visited the island of Luis' heritage many years later on a family holiday.
Sunday Sports
Three deaths overshadowed Friday's sixth leg of the Dakar Rally, as the race claimed the life of Belgian motorcyclist Eric Palante and two journalists, who were following the event.
