Those looking for an inexpensive way to join the (almost) mile high club should steer clear of Yao Mountain in Guilin, as signs recently displayed at the site announce "Be cautious, it is risky to conduct intimate behavior aloft". Along with exhibiting an overly-demonstrative picture, the signs emphasise that the warning is directed especially at those born after 1990 who, as we know, are all sexually deviant exhibitionists. more ›

We told you on Sunday how a Russian woman was sentenced to death in Zhuhai for heroin smuggling. A 35-year-old Filipino man is set to join her in the gallows for the same crime -- he was found carrying 1.495 kg of heroin in September 2008 at the Guilin International Airport, and his execution is set for December 8. more ›

"A MAN in a southwest China city beheaded his wife in the hospital where she had recently given birth. Long Jiulie refused to surrender to police after the incident on Monday afternoon and was shot dead, China News Service reported. Two visitors were also injured in the attack. According to nurses at Qiandongnanzhou Hospital of Kaili City, Guizhou Province, Long suddenly entered his wife's ward about 4pm. Patients rushed out and raised the alarm. When nurses went to investigate, they found Long's wife, surnamed Yang, had been beheaded by her husband, using a kitchen knife. Nurses told the newspaper that 42-year-old Yang had given birth to a baby boy days earlier, and that there had been no signs of trouble between the couple. According to police, an elderly man, also surnamed Yang, and his wife, who were distant relatives of Long, were visiting the mother at the time. Long's wife was having chicken soup when her husband entered the room and attacked her. The elderly couple tried to stop him, but were injured by Long. The elderly man underwent emergency surgery and was still in a life-threatening condition last night. His wife was slightly injured. Police from Kaili City arrived and surrounded Long in the room. Negotiators tried to persuade him to surrender, but Long refused to drop the weapon. Just after 6pm, fearful for public safety, officers shot Long dead." [Shanghai Daily] more ›

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The lonely orphan of the Shanghai subway system, metro Line 9 will be opening this Saturday along with new Lines 6/8 and the extensions of Lines 1/4. Line 9 has been nicknamed the "Ancient Speedway" because it passes through several historically significant satellite towns of Shanghai: Qibao, Jiuting and Songjiang. more ›