Two years ago, after quarreling with his girlfriend, 23 Year Old Mr. Li decided that the only thing left to do was to swallow two 10 cm long needles.
In 2013, over priced food goods and their packaging have been on a sharp decline in China, which is one result of the Chinese government's anti-corruption campaign.
Chinese officials are being asked to set an example to the rest of society and abide by a 2011 policy calling for a ban to smoking in public places.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), China’s top anti-corruption watchdog, announced on Sunday that Li Chongxi, leader of Sichuan province’s Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), is currently under investigation for “serious violations of discipline and law” which is a euphemism for corruption.
An unidentified suicide bomber detonated an explosive inside the main entrance to the Volgograd train station today killing at least 18 people and injuring many more.
A large explosion at a shopping complex in Luzhou caused serious damage and casualties over the weekend.
China plans to launch its own homegrown brand of mobile phones either in late 2013 or early 2014. In a press conference on Dec. 27, the China Information Office announced that BeiDou mobile phones will be the first Chinese mobile phone brand that will be marketed internationally.
The central committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) affirmed its resolve to curb corruption in government in the wake of an election-related bribery scandal in Hengyang by issuing an anti-corruption guideline and pushing for harsher punishment for erring party members.
The city government of Leizhou has, according to the courts, been behind in engineering contract payments for 15 years, but the Deputy Mayor, in open defiance of the rulings, left an interesting quote regarding the matter.
Beijing, China Chengdu, Nanjing and Hangzhuo figured in a three-way tie for the top slot as China's "Happiest Cities", based on results of a public survey that yielded the "2013 Report on Happiness and Well-being in Chinese Cities."
On Dec. 26, nine members of the Hong Kong independence movement broke into the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Jiangchuang Garrison headquarters unfurling the British Hong Kong flag and demanding that the PLA withdraw from Hong Kong.
While the vast majority of the Sanlitun Health Center’s patients are local Chinese, it is increasingly becoming the first choice among neighborhood expats.
The head archaeologist of the Baoji City Archaeological Research Center, Dr. Liu, says archaeological work has been underway at the Wester Zhou (era) tombs at Dangu mountain since August, and that 11 of the graves have yielded eight bronze pieces, bringing to 48 the total pieces of ancient bronze recently found in the area.
China's new guided missile destroyer "Zhengzhou" took its place in the Chinese navy on Dec. 26th amid a grandiose ceremony.
The Associated Press announced today that Miami Heat star and current NBA MVP LeBron James was voted top male athlete for 2013. James received 31 of the 96 votes cast, beating Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning's 20 votes and NASCAR race driver Jimmie Johnson's 7 votes.
