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Truck driver shot by police in Yunnan

Police in Yunnan Province shot a truck driver after he failed to stop at a fair on Thursday.

by James Griffiths, 16 May 2014

Chengguan who beat fruit vendor to death jailed

A Hunan court on Thursday reject an appeal by four city management officers (chengguan) who beat a fruit vendor to death late last year, Xinhua reports.

by James Griffiths, 16 May 2014

American pandas leave US bound for China

Two overseas pandas left American on Thursday bound for their ancestral village in Sichuan Province, China Daily reports.

by James Griffiths, 16 May 2014

High-speed hoedown: women square dancing on train goes viral

A video of a group of middle aged women square dancing on a train from Lankao to Zhengzhou in Henan Province on May 13 has gone viral.

by James Griffiths, 16 May 2014

Fuzhou magpies build nest atop pylon out of scrap metal

A large bird's nest constructed out of scrap metal has been removed from a pylon in Fuzhou, Fujian Province.

by James Griffiths, 16 May 2014

Man attempts to buy car with $16,000 in coins, gets bored and uses card instead

A Shandong man tried to buy a car with five tons of coins, but got frustrated at how long it took staff to count the money and paid with his card instead, Global Times reports.

by James Griffiths, 16 May 2014