A panda was snapped taking a tumble during what looks to be a daring attempt to escape its enclosure at Bifengxia Panda Reserve in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Nov 7.

Local residents had a rare chance this week to visit the high security base of the local special armed police (SAP) in Qingdao, Shandong province. Visitors were shown real counter-terrorism weapons they see nowhere but on films or TV, such as explosive disposal robots, sniper rifles, micro acoustic electric drills and corner shots.

A panda was snapped taking a tumble during what looks to be a daring attempt to escape its enclosure at Bifengxia Panda Reserve in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Nov 7.

An exhibition showing inmates' paintings, calligraphy and handicraft art was launched in Beijing, on Nov 6. The artwork featured China's former senior officials, including Cao Wenzhuang, a former director of the SFDA's drug registration department.

A free-of-charge group purchase of Vietnamese girls as brides on a group-buying website has attracted nearly 15,000 Chinese single men who want to register and try their luck.

Andrew Chiang, grandson of former Kuomintang leader Chiang Ching-kuo, was detained by a Taiwan court on charges of allegedy making threats.

Two female foreign students, one from France and one from Indonesia, were severely injured on the head after a man from Central China's Anhui province attacked them with a hammer on a Shanghai street.

Song Jingsong, 43, deputy director of Guangdong Urban and Rural Planning and Design Institute, was accused of raping a college student tour guide assigned to his group when they visited Melbourne three months ago, an Australian newspaper reported Thursday.