Others have burglar alarms or guard dogs, but a woman in Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, has a vigilant duck keeping an eye on the door to her stationery shop.
A "cultural revolution" theme restaurant has done brisk business since it opened in Guangzhou several months ago.
A heroin addict who sold goods on the Internet for well below their value has been detained by police for allegedly stealing property worth 200,000 yuan (US$25,000) from 53 houses.
An acrophobic (fear of heights) passenger delayed a flight for more than an hour in Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport on Monday.
A rich businesswoman has issued an advertisement in the local media seeking a surrogate father for her 2-year-old son in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province.
Pilots of a China Southern Airlines flight made an exception to allow a passenger surnamed Wang to use the satellite telephone after leaving Shenzhen Special Economic Zone on Sunday.