With the title "China's museum of ancient culture," Shanxi boasts a rich heritage and many important historical sites.

The ongoing financial crisis dominated the recent G8 summit, and China's challenge is to better understand the European dymanic.
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is near an agreement to buy back a 20 percent stake in itself from Yahoo! Inc for about $7 billion.
Angry Birds addicts may soon get the chance to knock over actual green pigs at China's first real-life Angry Birds theme park in Zhejiang Province.
The death toll of a 5.9-magnitude earthquake that hit northern Italy has risen to seven, local media said.
The greasy dirt spotted along the south bank of Shanghai's Changxing Island after the sinking of a fuel ship was expected to be cleaned up by last night.
Robin Gibb, one of three brothers in the disco group the Bee Gees behind "Saturday Night Fever" dies at 62.