Golden Weeks Losing Lustre Among People: China is considering scrapping two of its three annual "Golden Week" holidays and replacing them with flexible, paid annual leave for all workers. The public is increasingly fed up with mob scenes and price gouging that result when virtually the entire nation is sent on vacation at once.
China Releases Tiananmen Protester: A factory worker who helped to organize a strike during China's 1989 pro-democracy protests has been released after nearly 15 years in prison. Chen Gang reportedly was convicted of "hooliganism" and sentenced to life in prison following the violent crackdown that ended the 1989 protests centered on Tiananmen Square in central Beijing.
Less Than 30 Chinese Tigers Left in Wild: South China tigers, among the rarest of the five remaining tiger subspecies, are on the verge of extinction in the wild with less than 30 remaining.
China's boom take toll on staple food: China's rapid economic development is eating its way into the country's rice production. Over the last five years, rice farmers in their millions near to big cities, and along China's prospering coastline, have switched from rice cultivation to cash crops yielding larger profits.
China shelves tallest tower plans: The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou has cancelled plans to build the world's tallest tower.
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