Two three-year-old girls in Shenzhen were abducted in an alley by a middle-aged woman wearing a mask on January 3. The woman was captured by surveillance cameras and soon after detained by the police.

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Extra, extra! Doctors are discouraging people from purchasing homemade breast milk soap from sellers on Taobao who claim that it ‘whitens and protects skin’. Human. Breast. Milk. Soap.

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A man in Jiangsu province was surprised when doctors found an 8-centimeter-long nail lodged into his head after he’d gone a day without doing anything about it.

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Three in four Hong Kong residents agree that gay and lesbian couples should enjoy many of the same civil rights as heterosexual couples, according new research from the University of Hong Kong, however, only a minority of residents extend an open-mind when it comes to marriage between same-sex couples.

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The meal begins with little revelations. A generous cup of pale foam dusted with a deep green powder provokes the first question of the evening. How could something so gossamer and insubstantial impart so complex a flavor? Dashi broth, naturally, that bearer of umami, Japan’s prized taste. Flecks of…

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A 12-year-old boy from Henan needed eye surgery after he was subjected to around 40 slaps in the face from his classmates under the direction of his teacher because he didn’t finish his homework. ‘Whoever’s slapping is loudest will get a prize,’ the teacher reportedly told students.

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CCTV-4 in its new documentary ‘Blue Xinjiang Guard’ has revealed footage of a confrontation between a Chinese coast guard vessel and Vietnamese ships in the South China Sea from 2007. The intense surveillance footage shows Vietnamese vessels closing in on China’s Haijian 74, at which point the marine research ship rams into a Vietnamese vessel under orders.

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Stargazers of the world: China saw its first meteor shower of the new year in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong province on January 4. It is a spectacle to behold.

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Maybe. The US is sending its icebreaker Polar Star to help the Russian ship and Chinese icebreaker that got stuck in Antarctic ice, according to the Coast Guard.

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Residents may soon be relocated from one of Beijing’s oldest hutongs because district authorities have said that overcrowding has made the aging buildings unsafe to live in. Many residents who have spent most of their lives in the hutong neighborhood, however, are reluctant to relocate.

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