Villager's 'dogs' prove to be black bears

A villager in Yunnan province bought two “dogs” from a Vietnamese two years ago. This year, he found they turned out to be black bears, a class II protected species in China. Recently the bears have been sent to Yunnan wild animal shelter.

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Woman proposes to man in custody, gets married in detention house

A 23-year-old woman named Xiaoqing has written 50 love letters to prove her relationship with a man called Xiaozhong, who is held in custody in Mianzhu, southwest China's Sichuan province. A civil affairs clerk issued marriage certificates to them in the detention house on July 3, 2015.

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Grandpa has six Qing Dynasty silver ingots

Living in the rural area of Bazhong, southwest China’s Sichuan province, 75-year-old Grandpa Zhang has six silver ingots of Qing Dynasty (1636-1911), weighing 8.4 kilograms totally. According to him, these silver ingots are inherited from his ancestors and have been over 100 years old. However, the authenticity of these silver ingots still needs the appraisal of authorities.

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Daughter jailed for overdrawing 80,000 yuan with parents' ID cards

According to Yangcheng Evening News, a woman surnamed Wu was jailed for five years and three months and fined 10,000 yuan in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong province. She lied to her parents that she had to use copies of their ID cards to apply for car insurances. The fact was that she opened many credit card accounts with their ID cards. It is said that as of April 5, 2013, she had overdrawn more than 80,000 yuan.

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