“The best place to capture the view of the temple and the pavilions like this one is from Ma Zong Ridge,” says Khurram Zhang, a spokesperson of Laojun Mountain Nature Reserve.  “Sunset is the best time to photograph Jin Dian (Golden Pavillion).” The nature reserve is a combination of Taoist culture and natural beauty. The scenic area is scattered with 16 Taoist temples. Six of them have been renovated for […]

In Pic :An unidentified man with two Tibetan mastiffs after they were sold at a “luxury pet” fair in Hangzhou, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. One of the Tibetan mastiff puppies (L) was sold in China for almost $US2-million, a report said on March 19, in what could be the most expensive dog sale ever. BEIJING — A Chinese dog breeder said Thursday that a property developer paid him 18-million […]

Features seen in the bones of Aurornis tell scientists they are looking at the beginning of the bird line   What may be the earliest creature yet discovered on the evolutionary line to birds has been unearthed in China. The fossil animal, which retains impressions of feathers, is dated to be about 160 million years old. Scientists have given it the name Aurornis, which means “dawn bird”. The significance of […]

China says 904 people have been arrested for selling fake, spoiled, or adulterated meat over three months. State media portrayed the arrests on Thursday as part of a national crackdown that would now focus on dairy products, but an official told the state’s Xinhua News Agency that there were deep-seated food safety problems which had not yet been solved. Xinhua News Agency said suspects sold meat that had been injected with water to increase […]

Piqued over loosing out to an Indian farmer who beat his world record by harvesting 22.4 tonnes of rice per hector, a top Chinese scientist known as the “father of hybrid rice” has questioned the feat, terming it as “fake”. It is “120% fake”,Yuan Longping, who held the record earlier by growing 19.4 tonnes of rice in 2011, was quoted as saying by the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post. […]