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China tightens nuke safety ahead of storms

Marine disaster warning measures will be tightened for nuclear plants in China’s coastal areas as typhoon-triggered storms are predicted in 2011, the China Daily said on Thursday.

China’s pandas spoilt due to extra care

Giant pandas in China’s research centres have become “spoilt” because of the extra care taken by experts for these loveable creatures that were once on the verge of extinction.

China: Will act responsibly on river issues

A day after India sought details from Beijing on its plans to divert waters of the Brahmaputra by building a dam on it in Tibet, China on Tuesday said it will adopt a “responsible” attitude taking into “full consideration” the interest of downstream countries.

Caterpillars stop train in China

Caterpillars forced a train to stop in China after they gummed up the wheels and created a thick sticky layer on the track as it chugged on crushing the insects.

The engineers noticed that the train

China confess-a-kickback websites draw inspiration from India

China’s avid Internet users are taking a leaf from India’s anti-corruption drama by opening websites so citizens can confess, sometimes in pitiless detail, to buying off officials.

6.1-magnitude quake hits off Japan

An undersea quake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale on Friday struck the sea off the east coast of Japan’s largest island of Honshu, Xinhua reported.

Chinese woman burns lover's home to break up with him

A woman in China burnt down her boyfriend's house as she thought it was the ‘best way’ to leave him, police said.

Liu Xiaofang, 24, from Henan province, lived with her 33-year-old boyfriend Tian Jing

Chinese teen sells kidney for 2,000 pounds to buy iPad 2

A 17-year-old Chinese boy has sold one of his kidneys for just 2,000 pounds to pay for Apple’s tablet computer iPad 2.

The boy, identified as Zheng from Guangdong Province, said that he had sold the

China builds crawler crane, which can lift 3,600 tonnes!

China's largest machine manufacturer has built a massive crawler crane, which can lift a whopping 3,600 tonnes of weight and is believed to be the world's largest.

The massive crawler crane rolled of

Angry farmer sets off three car bombs in China

A farmer, venting his anger at a court ruling, set off three car bombs on Thursday morning near different government buildings in an eastern China province, injuring five people, officials said.

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