Reporter films China's own Loch Ness monster: report

The China Post - A television reporter claims to have discovered China's answer to the Loch Ness monster, state press reported Sunday. Full Story

China energy official gets life sentence for corruption

The China Post - A former head of a Chinese state-run energy company has been sentenced to life in prison for taking US$1.3 million in bribe, state media reported on Sunday. Zhang Shaocang, 55, was the latest government official to be punished in recent months as China's leaders step up a public fight against graft and abuse ahead of the five-yearly Communist Party Congress next month. Full Story

Bus crash in China leaves seven dead, 23 injured

The China Post - A bus carrying 30 construction workers in northwest China slammed into a dirt mound on the roadside, killing seven people and injuring 23 others, state media said Sunday. Victims of Saturday's crash in Shaanxi province's Heyang county were laborers from Xi'an city who had been working on a new rail line, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Full Story

Yang Wei of China wins despite tumble at world championships

The China Post - China's Yang Wei lost his grip on the high bar, landed with a thud on the mat and rolled completely off, his coach scampering wildly toward him to make sure he wasn't hurt. Full Story

France falls prey to China cyberattacks

The China Post - French information systems fell prey to cyber attacks "involving China," similar to those reported by the U.S., British and German governments, a top French security official told AFP on Saturday. Full Story

China hackers form United States cyberattack plans

The China Post - Chinese military hackers have drawn up a plan to disable the United States' battle carrier fleet through a cyberattack, British newspaper The Times said Saturday, citing a Pentagon report. Full Story

Hong Kong mother starved kid at school for 3 days

The China Post - A Hong Kong mother has been convicted of neglect after sending her eight-year-old daughter to school with no food for three days running, a news report said Saturday. The girl complained to her teacher of stomach pains after eating only one piece of bread and snacks given to her by classmates over the course of the three days, the South China Morning Post reported. Full Story

China cracks suspected baby trafficking gang

The China Post - Chinese police have detained 47 people accused of trafficking babies, rescuing dozens of infants from a trade driven by rural families' desire for children, state media reported on Friday. The arrests resulted from a months-long inquiry after police grew suspicious of four women carrying babies on a train from the poor southwest province Yunnan to richer east China in May, Xinhua news agency reported. Full Story

Corrupt China official felled by his mistresses

The China Post - A corrupt senior Chinese official was denounced by his 11 mistresses after some of their husbands were sentenced to death for graft, state media said on Friday. Full Story