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UK and China agree $74 million pig semen and trotters deal

David Cameron and Xi Jinping signed a 450 million yuan ($74 million, £45 million) deal to drench the UK-China relationship in pig semen, overturning a previous Chinese ban on importing...

by James Griffiths, 05 December 2013

200 people lift bus in Shenyang to rescue woman

After a young woman in Shenyang, Liaoning province was struck by a bus and trapped underneath it, hundreds of people helped lift the bus and rescue her.

by James Griffiths, 05 December 2013

Chinese business tycoons are writing poetry and that is brilliant

Ned Levin at the Financial Times has published a gem of an article, on the poetic tendencies of China's business elite. Chinese tycoons are, apparently, quite partial to penning a verse...

by James Griffiths, 04 December 2013

'Missing baby' mother appears in court as police search landfill for girl's body

The Hong Kong woman who faked a child abduction to cover up the murder of her infant daughter appeared in court Wednesday accused of preventing a lawful burial.

by James Griffiths, 04 December 2013

10 year old Chongqing girl attacks toddler and throws him off balcony

A 10 year old girl in Chongqing attacked and abducted a one year old boy she met with his mother in an elevator in her apartment building.

by James Griffiths, 04 December 2013

Over 1,000 armed police stand guard as 600 prisoners transferred to new Chengdu facility

Over 600 inmates of Sichuan's Chuannan Prison were transferred to a new location near Chengdu on December 3, 2013. The operation took over six hours and involved more than a thousand...

by James Griffiths, 04 December 2013

Baidu ordered to pay $80,000 to Youku Tudou in video piracy case

Baidu, China's largest search provider, was found guilty Tuesday of infringing copyright and ordered to pay 491,000 yuan ($80,000) to online video site Youku Tudou.

by James Griffiths, 04 December 2013

Heim-licked: Shandong man uses vacuum cleaner to save choking father

A man in Qingdao, Shandong province used a vacuum cleaner to save his father's life after the old man began choking on a fish ball during dinner on December 1.

by James Griffiths, 04 December 2013