First blind gaokao entrant spends exam duration 'reading rules'

Following the Chinese Education Ministry's recent decision to provide Braille or electronic college entrance exams for blind candidates, the gaokao has now been undertaken by a visually...

by Joe McGee, 10 June 2014

Sven-Goran Eriksson wants Frank Lampard to play for Guangzhou R&F

Former England boss Sven Goran Eriksson is eyeing up one of his most prized former players to join his current squad, Guangzhou R&F.

by Joe McGee, 09 June 2014

Chinese actor apologizes for using prostitute

Following the arrest of renowned actor Huang Haibo in May, his agent posted a statement on his Weibo page on Sunday apologizing for the star being caught with a prostitute.

by Joe McGee, 09 June 2014

505 pregnant women set Guinness World Record for yoga participation

Hundreds of soon-to-be mothers set the new record at a park in Changsha, Hunan province on Sunday, where they practised yoga for 37 minutes and 28 seconds, breaking the 2013 record where...

by Joe McGee, 09 June 2014

Netizens fall for 4-year-old building site rock star

A four-year-old boy has enraptured netizens after photos of him shimmying, shaking, growling and howling at a construction site were posted to microblog Weibo.

by Joe McGee, 09 June 2014

Japan fails to declare 80 nuclear bombs worth of plutonium

Japan did not declare around 640kg of unused plutonium in its reports submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2012 and 2013, Kyodo News Agency reports.

by Joe McGee, 09 June 2014

WATCH: Monkey Kingz prank fast food workers

Hot on the heels of their Windex prank last month, the China-based mischief making Monkey Kingz are back with their latest trick, which sees them scare the hell out of Shanghai's supermarket...

by Joe McGee, 06 June 2014

Pig escapes slaughter by leaping 16ft from truck

A sow in Nanning city escaped certain death recently when she performed a Great Escape-style leap out of a truck that was bound for a slaughterhouse.

by Joe McGee, 04 June 2014

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