Photos of an unusual road have goneviralon Chinese social media. Why? Because the road is on the rooftop of a 5-story building.In an interesting take on urban planning, a building in the bustling Chinese city of Chongqing has a two-lane public road on its terrace, complete with trees lining the street and shops. The road runs around the entire complex which is situated in a hilly neighbourhood and built below ground level. The ground floor of the building houses several shops and the rest of the

China's top-ranking men's ping pong team was in disarray Friday after three of its star players quit an international tournament in an apparent protest over the removal of the head coach.Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin, who are the top three players in the world, did not show up for their second round singles matches at the China Open in the southwestern city of Chengdu, the International Table Tennis Federation said.The fourth member of the men's team, Zhang Jike, was forced out of

A report earlierthis week detailed Apple’s efforts to remove spam and copy-cat apps from the App Store, and one area the company specifically seems to be targeting is China. As noted in a new report fromPeople.cn, Apple has removed around 58,000 Chinese apps from the App Store over the last two weeks, a drastic increase compared to normal.The report explains that 33.5 percent of the removed apps were games, which shouldn’t come as a huge surprise given the high number of games that are present

When a student's mobile phone was confiscated by a school in Singapore earlier this year, the pupil's father sued the school for damages.When a student's mobile phone was confiscated by Yongmao Middle School in Guizhou, however, the Chinese school decided to do some actual damage to it - by smashing it with a mallet on the school field.The South China Morning Post reported on Friday that the school has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to pupils bringing unauthorised mobile phone

More than 140 people are missing and feared to have been buried under debris following a landslide in China.According to the government of Mao county in Sichuan province the landslide from a mountain fell onto the village of Xinmo at about 6am (10pm BST) on Saturday, destroying some 40 homes.A search and rescue operation is currently underway to find survivors.The landslide unleashed huge rocks and mounds of earth on the village.A local rescue official estimated 105 million cubic feet (3 million

What could possibly go wrong in a classroom full of kids armed with weapons capable of firing pointy projectiles? Parents are calling for the Chinese government to intervene so they don’t have to find out.‘Toothpick crossbows’ have officially replaced fidget spinners as the must-have toy for children in China – but concerned parents are now calling for them to be banned.The popular toys are widely available in toy shops and online for as little as 10 yuan ($1.46), Shanghai Dailyreports. And

China has had enough of bad English signs and the jokes that come with them.A new standard for English translations has been issued and it is to take effect by Dec 1.The standard aims to improve the quality of English translations in 13 public arenas, including transportation, entertainment, medicine and financial services, People's Daily reported on Wednesday.The guidelines prioritise correct grammar, the paper said, and warns against using rare words and expressions.The translations should

Archaeologists are raving about the “major” discovery of a huge sun altar in China’s northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.The Bronze Age altar dedicated to sun worship, was first discovered in 1993, but excavations did not begin in earnest until late last year.The excavations have now revealed that the structure has striking similarities to the kind of temples previously only seen much farther west on the Eurasian plains, Sina.comreports.Sun temples were built by the nomadic tribes that

Oscar has been banned for eight games by the Chinese Football Association for the part he played in a mass brawl in a game between Shanghai SIPG and Guangzhou RF.The formerChelseastar left England last year to join the Chinese revolution, but landed himself in hot water in his side’s 1-1 draw last Sunday.Oscar deliberately kicked the ball into two Guangzhou players which infuriated the opposing side.An incredible brawl broke out as Oscar was pushed to the floor and two players were sent off.‘O

A restaurant located in southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region was recently ordered to close shop pending investigations of a small snake found in one of their noodle dishes.One female student from Guangxi University bought a bowl of river snail rice noodles, a special local dish, for take out and brought the package back to her dormitory. As she was eating in her room, she discovered a small snake mixed in with her food, reports Chinese news site The Paper.After taking a photo of th