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Two men has been detained by police for allegedly stealing and killing a black swan from Xujiahui Park in Shanghai, police said.

The duo, surnamed Zhou and Wang, allegedly stole the black swan around 1am on April 20 from the park and slaughtered it at their rented home. Zhou confessed to police they kept it in the fridge and planned to eat it later. They later threw it away because it didn’t taste good.

The suspects had planned to catch fish in the first but gave up after seeing security guards patrolling. On their way out, they saw the black swan and grabbed it around its neck, police alleged.

The missing of the bird was reported to the police on April 20 by the park securities who also provided surveillance footage.

The two people were detained on charges of hunting and killing wild animal and further investigation is underway, police said.

Some 5,594 companies, or 66.2 percent of those examined, violated environmental standards during the latest round of air pollution inspections, China’s environmental authority announced Tuesday. The findings came after a month of inspections across 28… read more

The number of registered nurses in China reached 3.5 million at the end of 2016, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) announced Wednesday. Guo Yanhong, senior official at NHFPC, released the figure at a press conference ahead of … read more

A total 12 people have died after a school bus crashed in a tunnel and burst into flames at Weihai, East China’s Shandong province, on Tuesday. According to the city’s publicity department, 13 people were on board the vehicle when the accident took pl… read more

President Xi Jinping, who is also chairman of the Central Military Commission, has signed a decree that will release a regulation on military legislation. The regulation took effect Monday. Follow China.org.cn on Twitter and Facebook to join the conve… read more