A blind traveler in Guiyang called the police for help finding a nearby ATM. “I wasn’t afraid anymore once I felt the national emblem on the officer’s badge,” he said.
A woman planning to take her two sons to Chenzhou(郴州), Hunan, accidentally booked tickets to Binzhou(彬州), Shaanxi, after mixing up the similar Chinese names. After her travel mishap went viral, Chenzhou’s tourism authorities invited the family to visit the city for free.
A £430 million UK-Ireland undersea cable project has reportedly been rerouted after fans objected to its path crossing the memorial site for Dobby from Harry Potter at Freshwater West Beach. The company says it has now found a new route.
Zhu Rongji, former Premier of China, has passed away, according to an obituary issued by the CPC Central Committee, the NPC Standing Committee, the State Council and the CPPCC National Committee.
For 11-year-old Guangzhou boy Huang Zixuan, summer holiday is a good time to earn money — ¥18 (US$2.6) per Polaroid shot, ¥30 for two. Armed with his dad's old Instax camera, he sets up daily on Shamian Island, earning over ¥1,200 in a month.
Chinese-Canadian cryptocurrency investor Harry Chun Tak Yeh was found dead in Paraguay last week after falling from his luxury 30th-floor apartment. Police said his naked body was discovered under a black plastic bag, and his apartment was ransacked with the door wide open.
Starting today, Air China will operate its Beijing → Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) route with the COMAC C919 — marking the homegrown narrowbody's first regular international commercial service.