Tianjin is in the midst of dealing with a terrible explosion that claimed the lives of 44 people and injured hundreds more. The explosion was caused by stored explosives that went off unexpectedly near a hazardous chemical plant.
These raptor fossils in China reveal a new breed of raptor that once had feathers. It has been named Zhenyuanlong suni and the name means “dragon”.
An explosion at this Chinese petrochemical plant caused a massive fire that it has taken more than 130 firefighters to contain. Reports suggest that a tank storing combustible materials exploded.
There are have been no people living in this village for a few years and thanks to the war, humid climate it is now overgrown with shrubbery and is surprisingly beautiful.
Li Jinyuan, the chairman of the Tiens Group Company, wanted to celebrate the company’s 20th anniversary in style so he arranged something incredible for the staff.
The two Russian guys who climbed the Shanghai Tower and hijacked a Hong Kong skyscraper billboard are back, this time they climbed the Ping An International Finance Centre, a 115-story megatall skyscraper (660m high - 2,165ft) which is under construction in Shenzhen, China (completion expected in 2016). It will be the 2nd tallest building in the world and the tallest one in China (cost: $678 million).
Whether it is to set a world record or as part of a ceremony, China loves to create mass events where hundreds of people are all together at the same time and place, doing the exact same thing. Here are some pics of actual occasions.
This driver knocks over a person on a major road in China but this was not the end of the story.
In China, strippers perform at funerals as a way of attracting more people but stripping is illegal and the authorities are clamping down on these activities.
The gaokao or National Higher Education Entrance Examination is China’s college entrance exam and is the hardest test teenagers anywhere in the world must face. The test scores from this exam determine the futures of these budding youngsters and thousands of teens show up to write it each year.
This man won $27 million (170 million yuan) in a local lottery but this is not what made him so newsworthy.
25 year old, You Pan started dating Yan Tai a couple of years ago but when he met her she was thin and pretty and he was afraid that she would be stolen away by other men. He came up with an unusual plan to keep her from straying.
Many new developments are being built in China but old neighborhoods need to be flattened in order to clear the way for these new projects. Some people have refused to leave their homes so the construction companies have simply built the projects around them.
