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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Archaeologists in China have found the skeletons of a man and woman who are lovingly positioned in an "eternal love lock."Experts believe the skeletal remains date back more than 1,500 years and were discovered in northern China in 2020. The remains were found during the excavation of a cemetery after the skeletons became exposed during construction work in Shanxi province, according to Live Science.

Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke is relieved that the festival he founded in the ancient walled city of Pingyao in China’s Shanxi province is back on track after a tricky few years during the pandemic. 

Chinese director, screenwriter and producer He Ping, best known internationally for his hybrid ‘Chinese Westerns’, has died aged 65. Local press reported that he died of illness in Beijing on January 10. 

McDonald's burger.Ms Yang, from Taiyuan city in northern China's Shanxi province, ordered at least four burgers from her local fast-food restaurant through a delivery service.Her children ate two burgers and left the rest for later.But the mum was left disgusted when she took out the remaining two burgers a few hours later and found tiny worms writhing on the food.In the footage she shared on social media, she opens the packaging box of a spicy crispy chicken burger and immediately spots a worm under the lid of the box.When she unwraps the paper, she finds more similar bugs on top of and around the burger.Her clip has notched up more than 160 million views since she posted on last Saturday, May 29.She told Sohu News: "The kids ate two

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIconic Chinese indie film director Jia Zhangke is to make a return to the Pingyao International Film Festival that he founded and which he famously quit at the end of the October 2020 edition. His new role remains somewhat murky.Jia was a speaker at a launch event Tuesday in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, used to announce the festival’s dates, the appointment of Lin Xudong as artistic director, and confirm other staffing arrangements for the next edition.

dog has been filmed "crying" tears of joy after a stranger came and fed him some much-needed food on the street.The poor pooch was found wandering near a park in the city of Jinzhong, Shanxi province of north China earlier this week.Footage shared by the woman, who does not wished to be named, shows the small dog standing on his hind legs while swinging his front legs as if he is begging for food.The scruffy canine appears to be well up when the woman gives him a sausage.Another segment shows the kind-hearted animal lover revisiting the park to find the dog the next day.

golden retriever to bring her pet cat back into the shop.Douyin user Liangshiye often shares footage of her three golden retrievers and a cat on her social media account while running an optical shop in the city of Taiyuan, Shanxi province in northern China.In the viral footage liked more than 380,000 times, the owner asks one of her dogs Tangtang to go pick up his feline pal who is sitting outside the shop.The flurry pooch looks at his owner and then heads outside.Tangtang appears to understand his owner's command and quickly returns while carrying the cat in his mouth back into the shop.Xiaobao the black and white moggie looks defenceless when it is dragged across the floor like a lifeless animal.The owner then says: "Okay, let go.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE:  Cinema Guild has picked up all U.S. distribution rights to Jia Zhangke’s documentary Swimming Out Till the Sea Turns Blue.The Chinese film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February and made its U.S.

Rebecca Davis editorThe competition section of China’s Pingyao Intl. Film Festival on Friday awarded top prizes to Russia’s Philipp Yuryev, Serbia’s Ivan Ilkic, and Chinese directors Li Dongmei and Wang Jing.

Rebecca Davis editorThe Pingyao International Film Festival, founded by Chinese helmer Jia Zhangke and former Venice head Marco Muller, has released its full lineup of global and local films. The selections in the two main sections focus on first or second features.

Rebecca Davis editorThe fourth annual Pingyao International Film Festival will run as an in-person event from Oct.

A student arrived back at his dormitory in Wuhan after eight months following lockdown to find his beloved turtle turned to dust and bone on the balcony.

Chinese student arrives back at his dormitory in Wuhan for the first time in eight months to find his pet turtle dead and turned into skeletal remains. University student Lin Buxiu, 22, left his dorm to visit his home city of Taiyuan in the northern Shanxi Province for the winter holiday on January 12.The student shared his horrific discovery on Douyin – the Chinese version of TikTok – where he posts under the username @Tricking1998.

Chinese man needed 20 stitches on his buttocks after he claimed the toilet he was sitting on shattered during use – and now he faces a hefty bill for repairs. The unfortunate man, identified only by his surname Mr Li, suffered the unpleasant-sounding injury while staying at the Dachang Hotel in the city of Taiyuan in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi on August 25.However the hotel owner is reportedly demanding Mr Li pays him for breaking the toilet – claiming the guest was using it incorrectly by squatting on top of it instead of remaining seated.Mr Li denies this.He told Shanxi Radio and Television: “My injuries are very serious."I can barely stand and have a huge gash on my buttocks.“I needed over 20 stitches.

cats crying for help in tiny cages emerged as rescuers saved them from being served as food. Animal rights activist Ms Li was tipped off about the grim discovery in the back yard of a budget hotel in Linfen, southwest China 's Shanxi province on Thursday.

These heartbreaking images show the rescue of seven hundred cats that had been crammed into tiny cages as they were being prepared to be 'served as food'.