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Western Contact With China Preceded Marco Polo, Says new Controversial Study

Oct 13, 2016 04:17 PM EDT

A new study suggests that China was in contact with the western world long before the opening of the Silk Road. The new findings are based on the study of DNA found at the site of terracotta warriors in Xi'an.

Pregnant Chinese Woman Faints and Falls Into Railings, Dies of Suffocation

J.B. Cach |

Mar 31, 2016 01:03 PM EDT

A pregnant Chinese woman choked to death after her head got stuck in a roadside railing.

Chinese Female Students Asked to Sign Celibacy Pledge

Michael A. Katz |

Nov 08, 2015 10:43 PM EST

A course called “Youth of No Regrets” at a college in northwest China has drawn outrage for asking only female students to sign an agreement promising to abstain from pre-marital sex.

Chinese Real Life Version of 'Breaking Bad' – Former Chemistry Teachers Joins Drug Gang

Benjie Batanes |

May 20, 2015 05:53 PM EDT

A former Chemistry teacher in China joined a criminal gang to manufature and sell illegal drugs. The case errie similarities with the TV hit show "Breaking Bad".