City warms up for Spring Festival

While in the past, Chinese families began preparing food for their reunion banquets weeks or months in advance, many today prefer to leave the details up to a restaurant.

Apple Beijing store pelted with eggs

Apple became a victim of its own success after the botched launch of its iPhone 4S on January 13 led it to suspend sales.

Han Han denies ghostwriting rumor

A well-known blogger has claimed that Han Han, the country’s most famous young writer, ghostwrote his novels.

Masked do-gooders aid migrants, homeless

A woman in a low-cut, mysterious outfit drew attention on Christmas Eve when she showed up at the Silk Street market, Xidan and Wangfujing to hand out coats, food and other daily necessities.

New dragon stamp criticized

A stamp designed to mark the upcoming Year of the Dragon is drawing unusual criticism for its fang-bearing monster.

Work begins on world’s highest airport

Construction will begin in 2013 on the world’s highest airport in Nagqu county, Tibetan Autonomous Region. The airport will be 100 meters higher than the existing record holder in another part of the remote region.

Web security in question – Hacker raid behind biggest user data leak

Hacking gets old when it’s only carried out in one’s own dark corner. For more enthusiastic hackers who are dedicated to the life, the real challenge and fame comes from exposing security holes in popular domestic websites.

Rent a boyfriend on Taobao

Women looking for companionship can now cut through the hassle of dating and rent a boyfriend on e-commerce site Taobao, Nandu Daily reported.

Meat-eating panda caught on camera

A camera at a nature reserve in Sichuan Province spotted the first known case of a wild panda eating meat.

Professor’s fund to defend do-gooders in court

While China’s dependable economic growth may be the envy of a world in recession, the compassion of its citizens is not. Earlier this year, the world was shocked by security footage of a young girl run down by cars and ignored by more than a dozen bystanders.