Boy tears hole in valued painting
A boy accidentally lost his footing and tore a hole in a famous painting valued at $1.5 million dollars while visiting a gallery in Taiwan.
Hairpins becomes trend
Citizens in Chengdu, Sichuan province have been spotted sporting quirky antenna hairpins.
Water lily leaves torn by coins
Tourists have a strange habit of throwing coins at historical relics or bodies of water, but this habit can sometimes be harmful to the scenic spots they visit.
Anhui's "farm in the sky"
An increasing number of Chinese have been making use of the roofs of modern buildings, like this "sky farm" built on the rooftop of a 4-storey shopping mall in Hefei.
Bull conquers bear
A copper statue combining both animals, with a bear trapped under the body of a bull has drawn a crowd of onlookers in Xiamen, with some people even burning incense before it to pray for good luck after the Chinese stock market saw a sharp fall.
The pole-dancing grandma
A grandmother in Chengdu who has taken up pole-dancing is living proof that life doesn't have to grind to a halt when you're old.
'Marry me, Chen Qiaorong!'
A woman has paid millions of RMB to put up a "marry me" ad posted at a bus stop in Xiangyang, Hubei province.
Cab drivers start band
Four taxi drivers have formed a band in Changchun, Jilin province, with the oldest member being 58 years old.
Driver parks on overpass
A driver came up with a novel solution to keep his car away from rising floodwaters when typhoon made landfall in Fujian province over the weekend.
Man arrested for phone case
A man in Taiwan was stopped by six police while he was going shopping because of a protruding object in his back pocket which looked like a gun.
Train pulls out of sidewalk
A sidewalk restaurant modeled after the locomotive of a bullet train has attracted a lot of public attention since it opened a month ago in Changchun.
Duck neck eating contest
As eating contests increase in popularity nationwide, residents in Wuhan, Hubei province flocked to a duck neck eating contest held in the city.
Monkeys avoid the summer heat
A group of monkeys started appearing in the residential areas of Xuzhou, Jiangsu province and harassed people, grabbing food from them.
Drinking basins of beer
More than a hundred people participated in a beer drinking contest in Wuhan in which four bottles of beer was poured into a basin which contestants had to drink up.
Mother dies from heat
A mother died in Shanghai while following the traditional Chinese practice of postnatal care as a heat wave hit the city.