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Posted on May 23, 2012 17:15
In the past few days, the documentary series A Bite of China has topped discussions in online forums and has glued enthusiastic foodies to their televisions every night at 10:30pm.
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Posted on May 23, 2012 17:12
City authorities have decided that no more than two flies will be allowed to reside in any one public toilet.
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Posted on May 22, 2012 17:30
Town twinning is a method of fostering friendship and goodwill between people from different continents, countries and regions. Also known as "sister cities," such titles have historically been seen as largely symbolic. However, the local governments of more Chinese cities and provinces are discovering the economic and political benefits of forming a relationship with an overseas partner.
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Posted on May 22, 2012 17:26
A malfunctioning automatic teller machine (ATM) in the UK that spit out twice the cash people asked it for has ignited heated discussions among Chinese Web users.
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Posted on May 21, 2012 17:21
Lying on his sickbed in hospital, all 86-year-old Lin Ruiming can do is stare out at a tiny patch of sky through the small window. Even though only his family know the full details of his illness (a common Chinese medical practice), he knows he doesn't have long.
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Posted on May 21, 2012 17:18
A maternity hospital in Beijing has said that almost half of women who request abortions there are teenagers, leading experts to call for better sex education for youngsters.
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Posted on May 18, 2012 17:30
A 29-year-old Chinese woman forced into an arranged marriage by her mother, who worried that her daughter was dangerously close to becoming a shengnü (leftover woman or spinster), has won the right to annul her union to a younger male colleague, a local court said Thursday.
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Posted on May 18, 2012 17:25
Russian cellist Oleg Vedernikov last night publicly apologized in a video uploaded to Sina for his behavior on a train bound for Beijing earlier this week, when he was filmed insulting a fellow passenger.
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Posted on May 18, 2012 17:21
Chinese people's physical condition is on average 8.2 years older than their age indicates and 90.9 percent believe they are in better health than they actually are, a survey by Ping An Insurance said.
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Posted on May 17, 2012 17:30
The woman surnamed Huang lay on the surgery operating table, helpless. An incision was made into her left, inflated breast, from which a type of viscous fluid, light green in color, gushed.
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Posted on May 17, 2012 17:14
Recently, it was reported that Liu Xiao Ling Tong would star in a film adaptation of Journey to the West, potentially cooperating with well-know directors James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and others. Liu Xiao Ling Tong has confirmed this on his microblog.
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Posted on May 16, 2012 17:17
The Yinan County People's Procuratorate in Shandong Province has begun recovering years of salaries paid to former government staffers currently serving prison sentences mostly for graft. A week-long investigation revealed that the blunder came from a "lack of communication" between judicial authorities and the procuratorate, prompting the introduction of a new local regulation aimed at preventing similar cases occurring in the future.
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Posted on May 16, 2012 16:58
Biodiversity has declined globally by almost 28 percent between 1970 and 2008, 61 percent in the tropics, and we currently are using the equivalent of 1.5 planets to support our activities, said the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) yesterday in its newly launched Living Planet Report 2012.
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Posted on May 15, 2012 17:20
Zheng Qing felt that she had come to the right place when she saw beautiful and slim girls as she came out of the Apgujeong subway station in Seoul, South Korea.
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Posted on May 15, 2012 17:17
Analysts called for the establishment of a comprehensive mechanism for managing foreigners in China, as Beijing police started a three-month campaign today targeting foreigners illegally staying in the capital.
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Posted on May 14, 2012 17:31
A red drum, two folded beds, crutches, exercise rings and cardboard boxes are piled up in a partially exposed basement in a residential compound in Haidian district, Beijing. A thick cover of dust causes a pungent and choking smell, a tell-tale sign the room has lain undisturbed for a long time.
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Posted on May 14, 2012 17:28
The zoo is a favored place for young children to learn about the wonders of the animal kingdom. To boost the number of young visitors, many zoos, safari parks and wildlife exhibits host circus-like performances, against China's animal treatment guidelines, and much to the disgust of animal rights groups.
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Posted on May 14, 2012 17:25
An overwhelming majority of people still view marriage in traditional terms as a lifelong commitment to a single romantic partner and acknowledge that a "happy sex life" will help a marriage last, suggests a new study.
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Posted on May 11, 2012 17:20
Private detective agencies have ridden a boom in recent years, proving to be a lucrative business for sleuths hired to track straying spouses in an age of skyrocketing divorces and relationship breakups. But keeping a husband's mistress at bay doesn't come cheap.
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Posted on May 11, 2012 17:14
On Sunday the world celebrates motherhood. Yet in China the financial and legal system doesn't protect or favor single moms. The poorer and less educated the mother, the higher the challenge to raise a child alone. Resolute and hardworking, these women all agree that single motherhood is nevertheless a bittersweet experience they would not forgo.
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