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  • Get divorced, return cash

    2010-01-21 09:20

    A new regulation issued by a local company requires its employees to sign a premarital agreement, wherein they promise to return twice the sum they received as cash gifts from their colleagues in case their marriage ends in divorce.

  • Officer donates blood 26 times in 3 years

    2010-01-20 09:16

    A demobilized army officer in Hohhot, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, has donated blood 26 times in three years, the Hohhot Evening News reports.

  • Worker runs 50 marathons

    2010-01-20 09:15

    A 56-year-old worker surnamed Su at the Shengli oilfield in Binzhou, Shandong province, has run 50 marathons since 2002, the Qilu Evening News reports.

  • Care for a bite out of the Great Wall of China?

    2010-01-15 15:15

    The Great Wall never looked so tasty: a team of Chinese confectioners have built a 10 meter (33 ft) long replica of the structure entirely out of chocolate in a bid to entice Chinese to eat more of the sweet stuff.

  • Tiger beards on sale

    2010-01-15 08:44

    The Changsha zoo, in Hunan province, has put tigers' beards on sale for 30 yuan ($4.39) to 100 yuan, depending on its length, the Changsha Evening News reports.

  • Sleeping with the enemy

    2010-01-15 08:27

    A woman tried making love to a burglar, mistaking the intruder for her husband, in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, last Wednesday, the Xiaoxiang Morning Post reports.

  • 'Divorces hiking housing prices'

    2010-01-13 09:35

    A marketing guru feels the high rate of divorce in the country is responsible for skyrocketing property prices.

  • 'Save bike, not me'

    2010-01-13 09:33

    A drunken man riding a motorbike fell into a ditch near his house in Chongqing municipality and begged firefighters to rescue his bike before him last Wednesday, the Chongqing Evening News reports.

  • Cat stuck in ATM

    2010-01-13 09:30

    A cat was trapped in an ATM in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, for at least 12 hours and escaped on its own after all efforts to free the animal failed, the Yangtse Evening News reports.

  • Dogs dressed up

    2010-01-09 18:14

    A group of photos showing the dogs dressed up for cold weather or for fun of its owners.

  • Four in 10 single ladies worry for a hubby

    2010-01-10 21:31

    About 41.2 percent of single women in China were worried that they might not be able to find a right person to get married, according to a recent survey.

  • Two women fired for not drinking at company party

    2010-01-09 10:17

    Two women have been fired from their jobs for refusing to drink at a company party.

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