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Curious incident of China's quake dogs

A Chinese city is using dogs to predict earthquakes. Neighbours complain of nightly false alarms -- in the form of barking. China is regularly hit by seismic tremors. Around 200 p[...]

How many cup noodles do you think we are consuming in a year?

Steaming hot and fast to make. Sure. But just imagine- how many cup noodles do people eat in a year? Well, the global sales of cup noodles have reached 100 billion units annua[...]

Guess who offered help after China earthquake?

Help offer from an unlikely source for China A strong 7.0-magnitute earthquake hit Sichuan province, China earlier last week! The massive China earthquake has destroyed at l[...]

Jackie Chan wants to move ancient Chinese buildings to Singapore!

Jackie Chan, the Hong Kong martial arts film star, plays a character that brings back ancient Chinese artifacts to China from foreign countries in a new film. In real life, he want[...]

Is there hope for a H7N9 vaccine?

This new strain of virus of has already infected 43 people, and killed 11 people in eastern China as of April 12. When would the H7N9 vaccine be available? Experts say the develo[...]

China Formula One Grand Prix results are out!

China Formula One Grand Prix results are out! The results for world’s most well-know car racing event, Grand Prix, is out! Competitors raced out in China. The winner of the race w[...]

Avian Flu update: Rumour mongers in China

Avian Flu update: Rumour mongers in China "There's H7N9 virus in chickens in a poultry market!" This was what 2 men said on the internet, causing great panic and chaos among peo[...]

Do you want some panda poo?

Do you want some panda poo? Did I hear you say "No way"? But some people are going "Yes way!". Why do some people want Panda Poo and where are they from? (Hint: They're not from [...]

More people infected with H7N9 virus!

Bird Flu Alert! More people infected with H7N9 virus! Never before was this strain of bird flu been transmitted to human beings. But now, there are a total of 7 cases of people in[...]

New H7N9 Avian Flu alert!

New H7N9 Avian Flu alert! The Avian Influenza has struck again! This time, it is a new sub-type of avian flu, H7N9, which has not been transmitted to humans before. But now, two p[...]

(Video) Fireworks over Beijing on Chinese New Year

A Video of fireworks on Chinese New Year in Beijing, China. Did you read this story on Chinese New Year on The Whiz Times? If you haven't still, we strongly suggest you do. Be[...]

Celebrate Chinese New Year!

Celebrate Chinese New Year! You might think New Year was a month ago when we celebrated the beginning of 2013. Well, if you enjoyed the last New Year, you’ll be pleased to kn[...]

Chinese newspaper 'Southern Weekly' in trouble. What happened?

Chinese newspaper 'Southern Weekly' gets into trouble with government officials because of publishing stories that government officials did not like! What happened? Read the ful[...]

Whiz Video News This Week: News for kids and families 2nd Week November

The Whiz News This week video for the Second Week of November 2012. Fun and wholesome news for kids and the entire family! (All videos from YouTube on The Whiz Times are [...]

In pictures: Xi Jinping is new President of China

Pictures of Xi Jinping, the new Chinese President We've covered stories about this new leadership change in China, and if you've been following The Whiz Times, you surely know a l[...]

China Micro-Blogs: Highest number of micro bloggers in the World!

Weibo: The Micro-blogs of China According to the Chinese government, What is a micro-blog? A micro-blog is an online site that allows people to write sho[...]

Whiz News This Week: Video News for kids and families 1st Week November

The Whiz News This week video for the First Week of November 2012. Fun and wholesome news for kids and the entire family! (All videos from YouTube on The Whiz Times are i[...]

Protesting in Ningbo to keep the skies blue

Environmental pollution awareness in China: Protest in Ningbo!

Growing environmental awareness in China More and more people in China are becoming concerned about environmental pollution and are actively taking steps to protect the environm[...]

Golden Week in China: What is it about?

China’s Golden Week Holidays That's "Hello!" in Mandarin (a Chinese language/dialect). Today, China has two “Golden Week” holidays. This practice, which first began[...]

China and Taiwan relations: Former premier Frank Hsieh makes first visit to China

China Taiwan relations to get better? Former premier of Taiwan makes first visit to China On 4 October 2012, former Taiwanese Premier [...]

China gets ready for change in its top leadership. Who can be the new powerful leaders?

China leadership change The People’s Republic of China will have a new group of leaders in November. According to China’s national newspaper, there will be a meeting on 8 Novem[...]

Yangtze River turns red! Who can solve this mystery?

The Yangtze River, known as the “Golden Watercourse” has mysteriously turned red. A big area of the river turned into the color of "tomato juice": a mysterious red color! What c[...]

Senkaku Islands: Chinese, Taiwanese or maybe Japanese?

Who claims Senkaku Islands? Japan,China and Taiwan all fighting for Senkaku Islands China and Taiwan have been arguing over the Senakaku Islands for years[...]

More Terracota warriors found

Who are these Terracotta warriors? 110 Chinese Warriors- why was this army formed? Terra cotta Warriors 110 of them! An army of ferocious warriors. To p[...]

First female chinese astronaut in an awesome space adventure

What's the adventure? It took Chinese Air Force Major Liu Yang 11 years to finally become the first female Chinese astronaut. But she finally did it. And the whole world clapped[...]

CHINA-SOUTH KOREA-JAPAN new BFFs?

China shook hands with Japan and South Korea in the month of May 2012. They were quite happy doing so- because now they will be able to trade more freely with each other! The[...]

China and Philippines in a fishy stand-off. What's the fight about?

The Philippines and China are getting ready to fight over a small group of rocks in the South China Sea. Why? They are fighting over fishing rights in that area. This means there[...]

The Bo Xilai saga: Something out of a Shakespearean tragedy?

"Rock Star" City boss, powerful government official and an international figure In controversy for politics and scandals We covered this story in April (rea[...]

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