The Chinese embassy in Angola has advised its nationals not to go out alone at night after a spate of violent attacks on Chinese expatriates.

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Police in central China have closed a factory producing fake and unsterile condoms and are tracking down over two million of the unsafe contraceptives already on the market, state press say.

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Hard-headed husband Lin Ma hammered a nail into his own skull after a bust up with his wife over his boozing.

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Police in China say they have recovered more than 2,000 children in a six-month campaign against human trafficking.

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A Chinese-American academic has been sentenced to eight years in prison for selling human skulls unearthed in China to buyers overseas, state media reported.

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A SIX-YEAR-OLD dubbed "cat-girl" has baffled doctors after thick grey hair started growing uncontrollably all over her body.

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One of the world's largest freshwater fish is on the verge of going extinct.

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The stunning remains of a "four-winged" dinosaur have confirmed that birds owe their ancestry to two-footed dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago, the world's most famous fossil-hunter said.

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Journalists have led a protest march in Hong Kong after three reporters were allegedly beaten by police while covering recent unrest in western China.

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China has announced plans to build 42 new high-speed railway lines over the next three years.

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A Chinese kung fu artist who tows cars and cuts paper with her braided hair has given up her crowning glory to officially become a Buddhist nun.

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The Chinese government has issued a new regulation to stop petitioners from travelling to the capital, Beijing.

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For decades, most Chinese residents of the southern city of Guangzhou have resigned themselves to the country's strict one-child policy. Now, a similar restriction on dogs has got them howling mad.

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Located just downstream from three steel factories, a paper mill and a bone-processing plant, the citizens of Xiadian have grown used to seeing the Baoqiu River turn red, yellow and sometimes white from what they say is untreated industrial wastewater.

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The Chinese government has been forced to cancel the privatisation of a steel firm following worker protests, the country's state-run media has reported.

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Chinese officials appear to have retreated from their controversial plan to install an internet filtering system on computers in the country.

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Pet shops in a city in south-west China are offering fish tattooed with patterns and lucky characters intended to bring their owners good fortune and happiness.

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A Chinese bride has made a bid for the record books, turning up to her wedding wearing a 2,162-metre-long gown.

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A Chinese teenager sent to an internet addiction rehabilitation camp has allegedly been beaten to death by its counsellors, according to reports.

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Thousands of people have been placed in quarantine in north-western China after a man died of pneumonic plague.

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A DROWNING diver has a beluga whale to thank for helping to save her life after her legs were paralysed by cramps.

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Rebiya Kadeer, the exiled Uighur leader, today claimed that almost 10,000 Uighurs had "disappeared" during ethnic unrest in China's north-western region of Xinjiang earlier this month and called on the international community to launch an inquiry.

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A court in south-west China has jailed eight people for their involvement in a child prostitution ring.

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The government in the Chinese city of Shanghai is to encourage some parents to have a second child.

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The hundreds following amoiist on Twitter were used to his stream of messages. But they ended abruptly with two terse updates early yesterday morning.

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