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France’s gift horse a nod to China’s influence on animal diplomacy

French President Emmanuel Macron gave Chinese President Xi Jinping a rare gelding horse named Vesuvius. Photo: AP

Chinese doctor asks patient for more money mid-operation

A doctor in northeastern China has been accused of asking a woman patient for more money while she was undergoing surgery. Photo: China Foto Press

China doctors use virtual reality to help with op 3,700km away

Medical staff in the two hospitals communicate through their 3D imaging headsets. Photo: New.qq.com

Smog returns to Beijing as memories of blue skies fade

A woman uses a scarf to cover her face as she jogs through Beijing's central business district at noon on Friday. Authorities in the capital earlier issued the first smog alert of the year, saying air quality in the city was set to slump over the coming days. Photo: Simon Song
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Donations pour in after ‘Ice Boy’ trek to school moves China

The photograph of the boy that touched many people in China. Photo: News.163.com

Policeman saves suicidal schoolboy who wanted to ‘Never Grow Old’

A police officer pulls the distressed boy from a window ledge at his home in eastern China. Photo: Thepaper.cn

Young-at-heart grandmother proves to be online quizmaster

The woman was introduced to quizes by her daughter over the new year. Photo: xinwen.eastday.com

Chinese boy pictured covered in ice from trek to school melts hearts

The boy pictured after his arrival for classes. Photo: News.163.com
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Police say parents unfazed after ‘school bus’ driver detained

Police said Zhao, who was driving 20 pupils to school in a seven-seater van, failed a breath test. Photo: E.chengdu.cn

Chirpy Chinese couple take selfies after fire damages home

Photographs and video footage widely shared online in China, with many surprised how cheerful and positive the couple were after the blaze

Shanghai’s airports keep calm and carry on in China’s deep freeze

Shanghai’s international airport are at the ready for low temperatures. Photo: China News Service

Drivers baffled as 37 sets of lights set up at China crossroads

Dozens of traffic lights have been installed at an intersection in Chengdu, creating confusion for some commuters. Photo: News.sina.com.cn

Facial recognition technology used to screen Chinese newlyweds

Chongqing uses the technology to check married couples’ ID cards against a database. Photo: Sina

Thieves shut China’s solar highway after just five days

The solar highway opened just before the new year. Photo: sohu

Why Beijing’s better winter air is bad news for some retailers

Stores are struggling to sell one kind of white good that previously flew off shop shelves

Dating apps shut after ‘sexy girl’ chats found to be run by robots

Customers paid extra to chat with women online, but found themselves messaging an AI computer programme, crackdown on dating apps fraud discovered

‘Relay team’ queues for five days to buy Year of the Dog stamps

People queuing for the stamps in Shanghai. Photo: Chinanews.com

Chinese policeman has bike stolen while arresting scooter thief

A woman, circled, is seen about to steal an off-duty police officer’s rented bicycle as apprehends a scooter thief in southwestern China’s Sichuan province. Photo: News.163.com

Chinese siblings torn apart by war meet for first time in 78 years

Weng Qimei (right) and her brother pictured after their reunion. Photo: New.qq.com

10 dead as blizzards take heavy toll on central China

A snow grader clears a path on a dangerous road in Nanzhang county, Hubei province. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese girls, five and eight, rented by parents to crime gang

The children at the centre of the case in Hunan province. Photo: Sohu.com

Chinese mother struggling to pay medical bills for surrogate baby

The woman, surnamed Lin, says she has spent more than US$307,500 on medical treatment for her baby. Photo: Sina.cn

Buffalo painting contest held in southwest China

One of the buffaloes painted in the competition. Photo: Xinhua

The supercharged work rate of Chinese takeaway delivery man

Delivery man Jiang Lin. Photo: Xw.qq.com

Another ‘Bird’s Nest’ in China? Feathers fly over Zhengzhou stadium

The main stadium of the Olympic Sports Centre in Zhengzhou is taking shape – and it looks a little like the “Bird’s Nest”. Photo: Sina.com

Chinese netizens furious at racist French nursery rhyme

Education authorities in Paris ban use of song after parent publishes video online

Chinese zoo visitors get to ‘virtually interact’ with animals

People interact with animals using virtual reality headsets at Guangzhou Zoo. Photo: Southern Metropolis News

Chinese web users mock ‘pointless’ escalator (which doesn’t even work)

The tiny escalator is next to a staircase. Photo: Handout

New helicopter tour takes off over Tibetan capital Lhasa

Airbus H125s are used in the newly launched tours over Lhasa, the Tibetan capital. Photo: Weibo

Chinese horseshoe crabs returned to sea after dice with death

The crabs were seized from a shop in Beihai, Guangxi. Photo: Qq.com

Chinese mum sues live-stream firm over daughter’s US$98,000 bill

The girl tipped her favourite male hosts so she could talk to them. Photo: Thepaper

Qi Baishi paintings fetch record US$141 million at auction

Qi Baishi painted the Twelve Landscape Screens in 1925 and gave them to his friend and well-known Beijing doctor Chen Zilin. Photo: CNA

Chinese police arrest suspected serial grave robber

Jewellery, jade and packets of cash were among the items stolen from dozens of graves in the mountains of Tonglu County, Zhejiang province. Photo: Sohu.com

China’s first medical drone delivers supplies to rural village

The drone dropped off cold and anti-inflammatory medicines in Atule’er village, Sichuan province. Photo: New.qq.com

China’s ivory ban winning public support

Domestic ivory sales will be banned in China by the end of the year. Photo: AP

Figo soccer academy in Chengdu closes without explanation

Portuguese footballer Luis Figo. Photo: News.163.com

Privacy fears over online surveillance footage broadcasts in China

The footage broadcast online included customers at a Hangzhou bookstore. Photo: sina.com.cn

Sneak preview of China’s Ice and Snow World

The Ice and Snow World theme park in Harbin, China, is the biggest in the world. Photo: Xinhua
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Why the Chinese don’t care about Prince Harry’s wedding

Britain’s Prince Harry stands with his fiancée, US actress Meghan Markle, as she shows off her engagement ring following the announcement of their betrothal on November 27. The couple are expected to get married in May next year. Photo: AFP

Chinese stewardess filmed video of herself eating leftover meal

Urumqi Air now says the stewardess filmed the footage and posted it on social media.

Winter freeze comes early to China’s Yellow River

Frozen ice seen on a section of the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia. Photo: Xinhua
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