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Pig carcasses — about 14,000 of them — have been floating down rivers that feed into Shanghai for nearly two weeks. The city’s residents have been told not to worry, and not much else. Where the pigs came from, how they died and why they suddenly showed up in the river system that supplies drinking water to a city of 23 million has not been explained. Officials have told residents that their drinking water is safe and have censored microblog posts suggesting that the public organize peaceful protests.

It’s not yet light, but Mr Qiu of Foshan in Guangdong is busy transferring king ratsnakes from a cage into a sack. He then tips them into a boiling pot. He’s been running his snake-soup shop for over a decade. In winter, residents of Guangdong province, south China, pay particular attention to diet and nutrition, meaning the shop is constantly busy. A bowl of piping hot snake soup is a breakfast favourite for many locals looking to ward off the cold. “We Cantonese have always believed that snake meat can treat illnesses, plus its nutritious and keeps out the cold,” Qiu says.

China's panda population is booming this year thanks to a record number of births in captivity, a rare accomplishment for the endangered species ...

Dogs bark and whine behind high chain-link fences, some of them gnawing the wire so hard they bleed at the mouths while cats packed into crowded cages cower in fear if anyone approaches.

Two American-born pandas arrived in their new China home Friday, bringing a welcome dose of cuddly to the ...

This China policy is really for the dogs. Or maybe we should say, against them. The AP is reporting that Guangzhou, China, is instituting a one-dog rule. No exceptions, and no grandfather clause for households who already have more than one fluffy family member.

Pigs could soon become life-savers for humans thanks to recent findings in China, where researchers were able to turn ordinary pig cells into stem cells that can be used to treat a variety of ailments in people.