A set of photos showing soccer fans peeking into a stadium, where the Chinese soccer team was battling against the Indonesian team, in Xi'an on Friday recently went viral online.

Nearly a hundred doves were snapped up by passers-by after they were released in Hefei city of East China's Anhui province on Nov 13, Ahwang.cn reported. Several couples bought the doves and released them along a pond, where they were shooting wedding photos. Just after they wrapped up the photo shoot, passers-by flocked to catch the birds for food, reports said.

Officials in charge of the science and technology development in Xianyang city of Shaanxi province said they were wearing shoe covers on request during an inspection to a local county, People.com.cn reported Friday. On Nov 15, a Sina Weibo user posted a picture of the officials inspecting a farm in Xingping county wearing shoe covers, causing users to question whether they were protecting themselves from dirt.

Archaeologists confirmed on Saturday that a tomb found in Xihu township of Yangzhou in Jiangsu province belongs to Emperor Yang Guang, considered one of the worst tyrants in Chinese history and the man responsible for bringing the Sui Dynasty (AD 581-618) to an end. A nearby tomb was confirmed to belong to Yang's queen.

China has 544 invasive alien species, with more than 20 of them causing large-scale damage, Hebei-based Yan Zhao Metropolis News reported Monday citing a recently-concluded conference on ecological safety. Invasive alien species refer to non-indigenous animals and plants that adversely affect the habitats and bioregions they invade economically, environmentally and/or ecologically.

A set of photos showing soccer fans peeking into a stadium, where the Chinese soccer team was battling against the Indonesian team, in Xi'an on Friday recently went viral online. China kept alive its hopes of qualifying for the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia after beating Indonesia 1-0. With the hard-earned victory, China remains second in Group C and will face group leader Saudi Arabia later on Tuesday in Xi'an.

A man's marrow donation request was rejected by medical institutions in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province, after they told him this year's "marrow collection assignment" had been fulfilled, and the service will reopen again in March 2014, Xi'an-based Hua Shang News reported. The China Marrow Donor Program, a data bank of Chinese donors responded that a time limit is set on marrow donations because each blood test for a donor costs 500 yuan ($82) and government funds are limited.

Officials in Guizhou city of Guizhou province said they will seriously look into a local village officer who reportedly splurged 733,800 yuan ($120,416) on his daughter's wedding banquet, the latest case amid a national ban on official extravagance, China Youth Daily reported Saturday.