Four pandas, including a set of twins, were born in captivity within 14 hours of each other in China. The births, Saturday and into Sunday, were all at the Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Centre in south-west Sichuan province, the largest facility for captive Panda's in the world with 71 panda's, according to China's official news station, Xinhua.

A Pennsylvania casket maker has sued again the Chinese firm it sued in 2006 for the same complaint: selling alleged copies of its coffin in Texas. The new lawsuit of the York Group prompted a Houston court to temporarily stop the Wuxi Taihu Tractor Co. from selling caskets allegedly resembling the U. S. firm's product effective Wednesday. The first hearing of the case at Houston district court is scheduled on Friday.

A Pennsylvania casket maker has sued again the Chinese firm it sued in 2006 for the same complaint: selling alleged copies of its coffin in Texas. The new lawsuit of the York Group prompted a Houston court to temporarily stop the Wuxi Taihu Tractor Co. from selling caskets allegedly resembling the U. S. firm's product effective Wednesday. The first hearing of the case at Houston district court is scheduled on Friday.

A Chinese museum bought a pig for $438 after the animal was discovered in the rubble of a collapsed pig farm a full 36 days after a devastating earthquake struck the region. According to the Shanghai Daily newspaper, a local museum bought the pig and named it Mr. Strongwill. The pig was raised outside the city of Chengdu. He will live out the rest of his days at the Jianchuan Museum.

A Chinese woman has reportedly continued to write letters addressed to her husband who passed away 14 years ago, in her attempt to keep his memory alive. Admitting that she was still suffering from her loss, 75-year old Wan Fengxia said that she still wrote letters, each one expressing her love for him, as well as the memories she had of him.