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Secret Language for Women in ChinaAccording to MSNBC, a secret language created by women for women to use in China is being revived. Scholars hope to save the unique Chinese language, called nushu.
What do you think, would he dream or not ? Imagine there is a person, whose any of the 5 senses (the sense of feel, the sense of sight, the sense of smell, the sense to hear, the sense to taste) don't function. This person has somehow been kept alive for 18 years. And now, today, he is 18 years old.
China Snow Crisis Shows VulnerabilityFor much of southern and central China, ice and snow are rarities.
Chinese girl swims for three hours with bound limbs A 10-year-old Chinese girl went on a three-hour river swim with her limbs bound, the latest endurance feat to raise questions of child abuse.
If You've Seen Five Chinese Men Carrying 8 Kilograms of Uranium Around In A Plastic Sack, The Chinese Police Would Like A Word With YouCHINESE police are trying to trace eight kilograms of stolen uranium ore that was being carried around in a plastic bag and a sack, as a group of men tried to sell it on the blackmarket.
Fourteen die in China bridge collapse, 65 missingBEIJING (Reuters) - At least 14 people were killed and 65 were missing after a bridge under construction in southern China collapsed, state media said on Tuesday, adding that 400 police had been sent to the scene to keep order.
China Builds New "Great Wall"Aug. 13 (Bloomberg) -- China is building a new Great Wall -- a relative miniature at 1 meter (3.3 feet) high -- to guard against hordes of pillaging mice.
Chinese floods displace billions of rats, mice; Raise fears of diseaseNearly 500,000 people have been evacuated from flood zones along the Huai River in central China, where Reuters says displaced residents and relief workers are fighting an influx of 2 billion rats displaced by the rising waters and a shortage of natural predators.
Chinese Rice Farmers Battle A Plague of Munching MiceBINHU, China, July 14 -- It was early morning when an odd noise awoke Tao Qunxian, a farmer in this village on the banks of Dongting Lake in Hunan province. He looked out his front door to see his entire rice paddy had disappeared overnight.
Central China on disease alert after rats invadeCHANGSHA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Authorities are on the alert for possible disease outbreaks after an estimated 2 billion rats chomped their way through crops in 22 counties around Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province.
Last-ditch bid to repel ravenous rodentsAn estimated two billion field mice are chomping their way hungrily through crops in 22 counties around the Dongting Lake in central China's Hunan Province. Floods have forced the mice from their homes on islands in the lake.
Prolonged drought affects 100,000 people in ChinaCHANGSHA, July 6 (Xinhua) -- More than 100,000 people and 81,000 head of livestock in Hunan Province are suffering from drinking water shortages due to prolonged drought, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said on Friday.
Cinema fire kills one in HunanA FIVE-STORY cinema in Hengyang, Hunan Province, was destroyed in a fire last night that killed one person, a local newspaper reported today.
'Thousands riot' in China protestA protest staged by thousands of rural workers in central China ended in violent clashes last week, reports say. Several people were injured as up to 20,000 people clashed with 1,000 police in Hunan province on Friday, a local official told Reuters news agency.
Chinese girl to live with 300 snakes for a monthTang told our reporter that snakes would not attack people unless disturbed. "It is most dangerous at night, as you might step on them or press them in unguarded moments, then they might very probably attack you. It's lucky that I am a quiet sleeper," said Tang.
China province may close down industrial pollutersThe Chinese province of Hunan, home to China's largest zinc smelter, is considering closing heavy industrial plants that pollute, a senior government official said on Monday.
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