Cleaning lady fined over half of month's salary for walking in on male boss showering
A female cleaner in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, was fined over half her monthly salary for accidentally walking in on a male manager showering, prompting debate among netizens over whether the punishment was too heavy.
'Dead' wife comes back to life, pleads for mercy for husband from police
A man in Xuyi county of East China's Jiangsu Province turned himself in to police, bringing along the “dead body” of his wife, whom he thought he had strangled to death, but was more than a little surprised when she came back to life at the police station.
One-legged man makes 90-day bike ride to Tibet
A 32-year-old, one-legged man in Northwest China's Gansu Province has become the latest online sensation after completing a 2,000-kilometer bike ride to Tibet.
The man, named Jing Hong, lost a leg in an accident 11 years ago, and has been riding his bike to different parts of China over the last six years.
'Peeping Tom' toilet sign slammed for offending both genders
A sign on a women's toilet in Shanghai has drawn public ire for portraying a man spying on a woman from the top of a toilet stall, The Paper recently reported. While a few thought the design was funny, most felt it disrespected both genders.
Boy falls from 13th floor, saved by quick-thinking downstairs neighbor
A 2-year-old boy in Hefei, East China's Anhui Province, had a lucky escape after falling from the 13th floor and being caught by a downstairs neighbor, Toutiao News reported on Monday.
'Witches' feminist drama sparks outrage in Pakistan
A fiery online series about a group of women who unleash revenge on men has sparked a backlash in conservative Pakistan, where tough censorship rules prevent such shows from appearing on television.
'Food rock' removed from boy's stomach
A 5-year-old boy recently had a huge chunk of "rock" removed from his stomach at a local hospital in Quanzhou, East China's Fujian Province, after eating four persimmons half a month earlier.
Rare Russian pink diamond dubbed 'The Spirit of the Rose' sells for $27 million
A rare pink diamond derived from the biggest raw stone of the color ever found in Russia was sold for $26.6 million on Wednesday at Sotheby's in Geneva.
Crowds turn out to watch finless porpoises frolicking in Yangtze River
In the river not far from the upstream of the Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province, people have been transfixed by the rare scene of finless porpoises jumping up and down in the water.
Police save man from suicide
Local police in Zhenjiang, East China's Jiangsu Province, received a call for help from a man who had attempted suicide by cutting his own belly open and found the pain too much to bear.
Old woman self-rescues after falling into river
An old woman who can't swim managed to save herself from drowning after falling into a river in Central China's Hunan Province by wrapping her arms around her chest and floating on the water, Toutiao News reported.
Border guards in NW China turn gardeners on snow-covered plateau
Chinese soldiers in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have successfully grown vegetables on the 4,050-meter-high plateau, despite having only three hours of sunshine each day.
'Sprinting' office worker leaves netizens breathless
A woman has become an online sensation after footage circulated of her sprinting through the streets in Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with many expressing amazement at her speed.
Donated heart survives helicopter crash in California, US
Talk about a brave heart - a donated heart was alive and pumping Monday after surviving a crash of the helicopter transporting the organ and then falling off the hands of a medical worker.
'Mahjong dumplings' prove a winning hand
It's a widely known fact that Chinese people love mahjong, and have an appetite for sweet dumplings. One restaurant owner in Lanzhou, Southwest China's Gansu Province, has combined these two favorites to create the "mahjong dumplings," winning over thousands of netizens' hearts, and stomachs, on China's social media platforms.
Millions watch live feed of parcel-sorting robots
More than 8 million netizens watched a live webcast of robots sorting packages at 3 am in the morning on China's largest short-video platform Douyin, media reported.
DNA tests solve dog-killing mystery
A pregnant Frenchwoman who died while walking in the woods during a deer hunt was killed by her partner's dog and not the hunting hounds, prosecutors said Tuesday.
White fox spotted strolling around at Crescent Lake in Northwest China
A snowy-white fox has been spotted at Crescent Lake in Northwest China's Gansu Province. The young fox was not aggressive nor afraid of human contact, and even ate the food given to it by tourists, media reported Wednesday.