Jiangsu

“Catfish king” caught in Yangzhou

A 1.2-meter long catfish with a weight of 15.5kg was caught by a fisherman surnamed Hua in Hanjiang District of Yangzhou on June 22. He found this big catfish on his net when he fished as usual. This fish was...

70-year-old receives ‘human head parcel’

A few days ago, an old man Ding in Gaoyou city of Yangzhou received a parcel. He opened it and found a human head inside. Ding was so scared that he collapsed to the ground, and called the police...

2-meter-long snake spotted in Xuzhou restaurant

Xuzhou police station received an alarm saying that a 2-meter-long snake was spotted in a restaurant opposite the Guangshan driving school on Sanhuan East Road, in Jiangsu, May 25. The boss of the restaurant said that the thickest part of...

Travel fans gather at Changzhou Universal Dinosaur Town

Around 100 travel explorers, in adorable dinosaur hats and ingenious tour-guide waistcoats, from across the country gathered at the Universal Dinosaur Town in Changzhou city on May 19 which is the 15th Chinese Tourism Day. They joined the dinosaur...

Yangzhou filigree crafts endangered with few inheritors

Yangzhou Jiangdu traditional filigree craft can be dated back to the Eastern and Western Han Dynasties more than 2,000 years ago. Mr Fang Xuebin is one of the inheritors of Yangzhou filigree craft – a national-level intangible heritage. Mr Fang...

Unisex loo appears in Suzhou

A unisex loo recently appeared in a shop on Pingjiang Road in Suzhou. In the loo, there are three blue cubicles and three red cubicles, the former for both men and women, and the latter for women exclusively. According to the...

Four-foot sea monster caught in Yancheng

A four-foot "monster" was recently entangled by the fishing net of Jiang Weidong who lives in Yandu District of Yancheng City. With a pair of black eyes on its flat head, this fish swims in water with a flat and...

Changzhou Firefighter’s Sexy Pics go Viral

The Changzhou fire brigade struck virtual gold when their official WeChat account released these sizzling pictures of their fire fighters. The images of the men posing scantily clad and in a sexy manner spread on the web like wildfire,...

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China’s Brain Banks Need Donors as Human Tissue Reveals Dementia Clues

China’s human brain banks are still struggling to attract donors more than a decade after the first facilities opened,...

Car-Bed Campers Turn Hotel Car Parks into Free Showers and Toilets

Chinese road trippers are swapping hotel rooms for the back seats of their own cars, folding them flat into...

China’s Metro Map Grows by Almost 65km Ahead of National Day

China’s National Day holiday has arrived with three cities adding new metro links. Nanjing, Qingdao and Changchun have opened...

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