A cloned pig bioengineered by Chinese scientists to glow fluorescent green when exposed to ultraviolet light has produced two piglets that also glow in the same way. Liu Zhonghua, a professor overseeing the breeding program of cloned and genetically-altered pigs at Northeast Agricultural University in China's Heilongjiang Province, reported the birth of the special piglets in the school's website on Tuesday. The breeding program is aimed at developing technology to produce pigs whose organs will be transplanted to humans.

A Chinese man who was in a comatose state for more than three months in a hospital in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province has fully recovered due to "classic symphonies. " According to the attending physicians of the young man, surnamed Li, the music they played all throughout his days and nights in the hospital bed contributed greatly to his smooth recovery.

A 30-year old British man who used to work as a supermarket shelf-stacker in Liverpool has become a singing sensation in Macau after learning Cantonese. Singing Canto-pop, Barry Cox, 30, became popular in the famous gambling haven In Asia using the name Gok Pak-wing.

For those who want to watch the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Chinese officials have a new "cheering coach. " Citizens in China's capital are now practicing how to act and react during the summer games. Some 200 factory workers from Beijing's eastern towns were gathered for a practice cheer session at the national stadium on Monday in the latest lecture on the subject. Factory manager Lu Xiaoping told AFP: "Because of this program, I also think that China's spectators will behave better. "

For her four years of burglarizing the Windsor Castle, Mime has been aptly penalized or rewarded in her case, as she was finally accorded a royal treatment at the royal palace. Mime, a ten-year old cat who lives in a Chinese restaurant nearby, is a regular visitor at the royal palace, dining with other members of the royalties - the Queen's dogs.