There are twice as many bachelors as single women who are born after the 1970s, with a ratio of 206:100, while the ratio for people born after the '80s is 136:100, according to the sixth China Population Census, xinhuanet reported.

A domestic flight from Xishuangbanna to Kunming, both in Southwest China's Yunnan province, was delayed Monday night after four Chinese women had physical conflicts with a foreign couple when the plane was about to take off, Yunnan Info Daily reported.

One of China's largest bottled water producers has filed a lawsuit against a newspaper for reporting that its products failed to meet national standards. Nongfu Spring said that Beijing Times concocted 76 "groundless" reports from April 10 to May 7 to ruin the company’s reputation.

A commentary in Swimming World Magazine, a US publication, appeals for leniency on Sun Yang, a two-time Olympic swimming champion who has been suspended from the national team after being detained for driving without a license.

Taiwan pop singer Zhang Xuan sparked heated discussions on Chinese social networking sites by bringing onto the stage a Kuomintang Party flag while performing in the UK. The flag came from an audience member.

The windshield of a car in East China's Zhejiang province was smashed by a "liquid-filled" condom that fell from a tall building, China Youth Daily reported. The Chevrolet owner, surnamed Ye, called police after he found his windshield smashed about 8:30 am on Tuesday morning.

A high school student from Central China's Hubei province scored a perfect 2,400 on the Scholastic Assessment Test - the most widely used college admissions exam in the United States. Tang Anran, 17, from Wuhan Foreign Language School, was nicknamed “2,400” after she took the test in October, Chutian Metropolis Daily reported.

A man ate 116 bowls of noodles, or 1.4 kilograms, in 10 minutes to claim the championship in an eating competition, Shaanxi-based Huashang Newspaper reported. The competition was held by a restaurant in Xi'an city of Shaanxi, a province known for its noodles.