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A funeral parlor in Chongqing suspended its cremation services on Nov 14 because it cannot find diesel supplies to power up its incinerators, the Chongqing Evening News reported Monday.
To catch a glimpse of the mystical northern lights, ride scooters across snowy forests, or catch a 15-kg king crab from the cold sea, is a privilege that is being enjoyed by more and more wealthy Chinese.
Instead of movie tickets or discounted dinner coupons, a growing number of residents in the capital are going online to group-buy their fruit and vegetables, so as to offset rising prices.
Beijing's Palace Museum within the Forbidden City may be all about the past but it is taking a modern approach to marketing and embracing the Internet.
Growing inflationary pressure on the Chinese mainland, led by rising food prices, is driving mainland buyers to Hong Kong to fill their shopping carts - not for the luxury and imported goods the financial hub is known for, but for daily necessities that used to flow the other way.
The paternity test industry has became the latest beneficiary of China's once-in-a-decade census because parentage test results must be handed in when parents want to put their illegitimate children's name on their household registeration.
Apples are the latest in the growing number of fruits and vegetables that have seen sudden price hikes over the last 12 months, with others including garlic, mung beans and cabbages.
On a cold afternoon last month, people crowded in front of a shop on Beijing's Gulou East Street pointing at some unusually colorful bags. Hanging in the storefront like hospital IV bags, they were filled with liquid in an assortment of colors: blood red, light green, light blue, violet and milk white.
A courtyard house next to Beihai Park that was once part of a Qing dynasty palace is being advertised online for 420 million yuan and attracting the interest of State-owned enterprises.
| Name | Value | Change | Time |
| Shanghai | 2,794.27 | -0.58% | Thur |
| Shenzhen | 12,392.93 | -0.26% | Thur |
| HSI | 22,530.18 | +0.06% | Thur |
| NIKKEI | 10,071.14 | -0.11% | Thur |
| Dow | 12,719.49 | +0.74% | Thur |
| Nasdaq | 2,872.66 | +1.36% | Thur |