An old couple has cut communication with their neighbors after complaining about noise created by their neighbor's excess of pets.
An 85-year-old woman in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, has been drinking 300 grams (10 ounces) liquor every day for the past 30 years.
Three men in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province, were arrested recently for stealing a hi-tech pilotless plane used for aerial photography.
A man in Shunde, Guangdong province, was ordered to pay 5,000 yuan ($732) and issue a public apology after he released love letters from his girlfriend on the Internet, in an attempt to defame her.
A bus driver was detained and fined 500 yuan ($73) after he left his bus on a busy street, causing a heavy traffic jam in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province.
Laos' police have been lending Chinese police a hand in drunken driving crackdowns across the Sino-Laos border.
A court in Guiyang, capital of Guizhou province, sentenced a college student to one year behind bars for pretending to be a police officer in an attempt to cheat two women last April.
The mood of celebration surrounding the nation's 60th anniversary may help to keep China's couples together, whether they like it or not.