Four deputy secretaries in Shandong Province were removed recently in an apparent measure to cut away dead weight in the bureaucracy.

In order to prevent breast cancer, Hollywood star Angelina Jolie recently opted to undergo a double radical mastectomy—surgery to remove both of her breasts. Her choice has triggered a lot of interest in mastectomies among the women of Shanghai, China.

Foot-and-mouth disease is the latest problem to affect animals in China, raising consumer fears about the safety of animal products.

The Sichuan quake was much worse than official reports, according to civilian volunteers on the frontline.