LATEST CHINESE NEWS HEADLINES AND VIRAL STORIES

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28/01/17 14:31

28/01/17 01:48

Researchers have found that humans have had a long history of consuming alcohol - with the earliest proof of an alcoholic beverage dating back to Northern China 9,000 years ago.

27/01/17 18:54

People around China are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Year of the Rooster, which begins on January 28. Festivities usually last for 16 days, from the Lunar New Year's Eve to Lantern's Festival.

27/01/17 15:31

Video footage of a panda cub gnawing on a piece of rock in s Sichuan research centre was posted online on January 25. The panda cubs are residents of Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.

27/01/17 14:09

Shocking footage shows Chinese motorists risking their lives on a highway to pick up loose banknotes. a man had left his wallet on the roof of a car on January 24 by accident.

27/01/17 13:31

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT An elderly man put the rat in a cage and drowned it in water on Thursday in eastern China, said an eyewitness. The rodent had apparently stolen corn, rice and meat.

27/01/17 02:11

The distressing video shows elderly citizens taking a fall in a metro station. Four pensioners had just stepped off a train at Lumu Station, in Suzhou City in East China's Jiangsu Province.

26/01/17 19:10

Over 40 vehicles were reportedly involved in the accident in China today. Video footage shows wrecked cars and trucks stuck on Hayi Motorway in Harbin.

26/01/17 17:45

Bizarre images show a wrecked truck being driven along a Chinese highway on January 25. The vehicle had been involved in a traffic accident and the owner was eager to deliver the goods.

26/01/17 17:37

Many people in China are turning to apps to hire girlfriends to ease pressure from family during the New Year. One app allows people to hire a girlfriend during the New Year period.

26/01/17 17:28

The droid, which began working in Xiangyang yesterday, can catch jaywalkers and 'tell them off'. Authority hoped that the robot could help correct Chinese people's bad habits.

26/01/17 14:03

The chef has become a social media star after being filmed dancing passionately while preparing a bowl of noodles. Incredibly, the man made the dish with one single noodle.

26/01/17 12:49

A Chinese father has trained his five-year-old son to lift weights and walk on wires to build his confidence. However experts have warned that the father's behaviour may have a negative effect.

26/01/17 12:21

Video footage has caught the horrifying moment an elderly man in China tumbled down an escalator. The footage taken on January 24 shows a security guard rushing over to help.

25/01/17 20:34

A desperate man was caught on surveillance camera stealing a £35 sex doll from a vending machine in Jinan, east China. The shop owner has reported the burglary. Police are looking into it.

25/01/17 19:49

A Chinese firework store exploded on January 24 killing six people and destroying nearby vehicles. Witnesses say an impatient man set off fireworks outside the shop after purchasing them.

25/01/17 15:05

A frugal man in China spent a month cycling home only to find that he had been cycling in the wrong direction. He was stopped on January 21 by police while he was cycling on a motorway.

25/01/17 14:18

Video footage has caught the moment two panda cubs frolicked in their enclosure during their public debut on January 22. Chongqing zoo is now asking members of the public to suggest names.

25/01/17 13:19

The elder daughter claimed that she and her sister had been abducted by a cousin. The women were taken by force at the ages of 18 and 13 and sold. They met their mother on Monday.

25/01/17 10:21

China is currently in the middle of its Lunar New Year travel rush known as 'chun yun'. The period kicked off on January 13 and comes to an end on February 21.

25/01/17 00:06

China has approved a $168 million plan (1.15 billion yuan) to modify the country’s weather, potentially bringing more rain and snow across an area almost double the size of France.

24/01/17 23:03

The missiles, which can carry up to ten nuclear warheads up to 8,700 miles, are reportedly being moved to Heilongjiang province in north eastern China close to the frontier with Russia.

24/01/17 22:59

The comments in the Global Times, a subsidiary of the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily, came after President Xi Jinping called for the elimination of atomic weapons.

24/01/17 22:06

Mr Li, from China, had agreed to divorce his wife, but he changed his mind while meeting her at the marriage registry. Feeling angry with his wife, the drunk man crashed his car into the office.

24/01/17 21:47

The 'Chen Camp', in Zhengzhou city, had more than 800 tall buildings. Situated in the city centre, the area was known for its poor living condition. 1,322lbs of dynamite were used during the explosion.

24/01/17 16:01

US Marines and South Korean troops have been conducting joint exercises in temperatures of minus 20 degrees Celsius as the Pentagon sends out a warning to both North Korea and China.

24/01/17 14:32

Many counterfeit products in China feature deliberate mistakes. For example, customers buy coffee at a 'Starbncks' cafe and pick up groceries at '8-12' convenience stores instead of a '7-11'.

24/01/17 00:02

Staff at the Hangzhou Safari Park, in eastern China, have been accused of animal abuse. However, the park has denied that they had maltreated the endangered species during a circus show.

23/01/17 18:33

An ambitious man has been spotted chasing after people's shoes on a busy Chinese street as he tried to start his shoe-shine company. The man hoped to earn big money through the business.

23/01/17 17:43

The two-year-old, from China's Suining city, was lying on a driveway throwing a tantrum. His mother was not paying attention to her son. Onlookers and driver lifted the car and saved the boy.

23/01/17 15:35

A shocking video has emerged online showing a team of urban patrol officers in China's Dongguan city being threatened and attacked by an unlicensed street vendor.

23/01/17 13:31

A video of a man letting a huge swinging wooden pillar repeatedly hitting his crotch has left the Chinese web users astonished. He is believed to be practising 'Iron Crotch', a Shaolin Kung Fu stunt.

23/01/17 12:17

The fossil was discovered by an international team of researchers, led by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, while in the Yunnan Province, southwest China.

21/01/17 11:10

The Print Room, in Notting Hill, West London, has been branded 'racist' after they cast four white actors in East Asian roles in a new production of Howard Barker's play In The Depths Of Deep Love.

20/01/17 18:19

Video footage shows the moment a man was rescued after falling into a toilet ditch in northern China. The man who was allegedly drunk at the time was found covered in faeces.

20/01/17 17:51

An unfortunate woman in China has been caught on camera heading through a shopping mall, eyes glued to her phone, only to walk straight into a fountain and splash headfirst into the water.

20/01/17 17:01

Footage has emerged of the moment two women are rescued from a burning tuk tuk in China. The footage was uploaded online on January 20 and shows the two passengers' narrow escape.

20/01/17 16:32

CCTV footage has caught the bizarre moment a man was spotted jumping off a motor tricycle and leaping onto a car bonnet in east China. The man was arguing with his mother who was driving.

20/01/17 16:23

A man has caused outrage after live-streaming himself dissecting a puppy. A few days before his live video on January 17, the man had posted pictures showing him trying to strangle the tiny canine.

19/01/17 18:05

Footage has captured the moment Chinese SWAT officers fought a knife-wielding burglar on January 14 in China. It was part of a stand off that lasted some 27 hours.

19/01/17 16:50

Footage has caught the moment a mother left a baby alone in a lift after an argument with her husband. Surveillance footage shows the child lying on the cold floor on January 17.

19/01/17 16:41

It’s said China's 'Sharp Sword' could enter service as soon as 2019-2020 for use in reconnaissance missions and for tracking foreign warships, and eventually, it could be used for combat.

19/01/17 14:31

The mother, 21, fell ill on December 19 and died of acute pancreatitis on December 26. Her cub got sick on December 23 and died of massive intestinal necrosis on December 31.

19/01/17 13:05

A pig has given birth to a mutant baby with an extra nose on its forehead in China. The animal was the only one of eight born on January 17 with an additional growth on its face.

19/01/17 08:34

A hilarious video is being shared online of a man in China showing off his moves. The minute long clip shows another man trying to apprehend the dancer but being met with Kung Fu moves.

18/01/17 18:08

Fan Fugui knelt in freezing weather on the street of Beijing last week to beg for money. His son is going blind and Mr Fan's family is too poor to pay for the £11,880 operation.

18/01/17 17:12

Single Chinese women go to specialised hire-a-boyfriend websites to find service. The pretend partners can meet the their parents, kiss them and stay the night.

18/01/17 14:12

Burberry, which is hugely popular with rich Chinese buyers, said festive trading in the UK was ‘exceptional’, with sales up 40 per cent. Sales across the group rose 3 per cent.

18/01/17 12:10

The most popular destinations are Japan, Thailand and Australia. Some wealthy Chinese go as far as the Antarctic to breathe fresh air. China has been troubled by serious smog this winter.

17/01/17 19:06

The island began two days of military drills today as the government sought to reassure the public in the face of deteriorating relations with China.

17/01/17 17:08

China plans to develop a prototype exascale computer by the end of the year, as it seeks to win a global race to be the first to build a machine capable of a billion, billion calculations per second.

17/01/17 16:43

A disturbing video shows a gym-goer - believed to be in China - heaving a huge barbell up before dropping the weight and falling dramatically to the floor, smashing his back onto the weight as he does.

17/01/17 14:38

The animal carer carried the cub by its neck and patted around its body at the Wolong Nature Reserve in China. Amazingly, the tiny bear didn't protest even when it was turned upside down.

17/01/17 13:53

Residents of Yueyang were stunned when they thought they saw a mirage on January 14. However, weather experts explained that the sight had been caused by radiation fog.

17/01/17 09:13

The man, from China's Linyi city, wanted to divorce his wife. His wife said he must buy her a car in order for her to agree to the divorce. Police have detained the man for human trafficking.

16/01/17 21:25

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. The lewd video of female staff at Chinese technology company Tencent performing sex acts on two male colleagues was posted online.

16/01/17 18:26

The pair of twins were walking to a shop on their own in Anhui, China, when they got knocked down. Both heated death, but the younger sister was seriously injured and remained hospitalised.

16/01/17 16:20

President-elect Donald Trump 'speaks like a rookie,' China's state-run media said Monday, describing his suggested use of America's position on Taiwan as a bargaining chip as 'despicable.

16/01/17 14:20

The tapered pole is 2ft 7in wide at one end and 1ft 11in wide at the other. The man, from China, crawled into the 65ft long steel tube from the wider end. He was rescued by firefighters using a rope.

16/01/17 10:18

Driving in China is always an experience but photos collected by MailOnline show the bizarre occurrences spotted on in China. According to WHO, 700 people die a day on the country's roads.

16/01/17 01:58

Fashion house Burberry is set to reveal a sales rise thanks to surging demand for luxury goods after the fall in the pound.

16/01/17 01:28

Bringing an array of goods from Iwu in East China, the East Wind locomotive will have finished an incredible 16-day journey, when it pulls into Hackney Rail Freight terminal on Wednesday.

16/01/17 01:09

Orders for the ring, which Prince William gave to Kate Middleton, have soared, the Royal family’s favourite jeweller has revealed. The ring was worth £28,000 when Prince Charles picked it.

16/01/17 00:07

China has rejected President-elect Donald Trump's suggestion that he might use American policy on Taiwan as a bargaining chip between the two sides.

14/01/17 02:14

The video is believed to be taken in China. The young woman, wearing a low-cut dress, was surrounded by jeering men. Bridesmaids are usually responsible for collecting wedding gifts in China.

13/01/17 16:55

Prospective US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was told to watch his mouth by Chinese government mouthpieces after he told senators he would deny Beijing access to islands in the South China Sea.

13/01/17 14:44

The five-year-old and her younger brother had been left at home alone in China by their mother, who said she had to run some errands. A firefighter lowered himself down on a rope to save the girl.

13/01/17 13:45

A school in Xi'an, China, has installed female urinals. Students are given paper funnels to assist with the process. The school hopes that 160,000 litres of water will be saved daily from the change.

12/01/17 22:03

Gracie Rainsberry (right) and Audrey Doering (left) explored Times Square, and ate pancakes together Wednesday after meeting in person in the morning for the first time since their adoption as babies.

12/01/17 15:28

The eerie incident occurred in Junlian County, China, at 5pm on January 8. The man's family rushed to open his coffin after hearing him struggling inside the wooden case.

12/01/17 14:20

A cute giant panda has stolen the limelight of Chinese social media for its exceptional sense of photography. The bear, living China's Chengdu city, struck poses as a tourist took selfies with it.

12/01/17 12:27

A school in China has offered students the ability to borrow marks to avoid failing exams and curb test stress. Marks that are not paid back will accrue interest.

12/01/17 12:25

Police officers in the Chinese city of Xi'an have been given training in how to work with the public. Training was given on January 8 at a five-star hotel following complaints from the public.

12/01/17 11:55

Huikang, from China's Hunan Province, suffers from transverse facial cleft. Rare condition means the boy, born in 2009, appears to have two faces. The child has been dubbed the 'mask boy' by media.

12/01/17 07:31

Audrey Doering (left) and Gracie Rainsberry (right), hugged for the first time ever Tuesday. They grew up in Wisconsin and Washington respectively and didn't know about each other until last month.

11/01/17 16:58

The discovery was made by Dr Samuel Turvey at the Zoological Society of London and Professor Fan Pengfei from from Sun Yat-sen University in China who spent 5 years watching the gibbons.

11/01/17 15:47

The woman, named Ge, blamed her stepdaughter after her own daughter was hit by a swing while playing at a kindergarten in Shenzhen, China. The woman had apologised to the six-year-old child.

11/01/17 13:51

Images have emerged showing doctors using mobile phones as lights as they help deliver a baby in China on January 8. The baby and mother are healthy and are recovering in hospital.

11/01/17 13:37

Taiwan scrambled jets and navy ships on Wednesday as a group of Chinese warships led by China's sole aircraft carrier (pictured) sailed through the Taiwan Strait, in a sign of heightened tensions.

11/01/17 13:19

The customer claimed she had financial issues and couldn't afford to raise the cat. She claimed she had tried to return the pet to the store in Lijiang city, but failed. So she had the animal killed and skinned.

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