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World's smartest dog' minds store and shops

A pet dog in Taiwan has recently become a superstar on the Internet, appraised as "the world's smartest dog" for knowing how to wait on customers and shop.

The dog's owner runs a betel nut store in Taiwan. Whenever customers ask for the dog's service, the dog, named Hello, opens the refrigerator and arranges the betel nuts on the counter.

Sometimes the owner sends Hello shopping at a neighboring superstore. With the help of salespersons, the dog collects all the items its owner needs in a bag and then patiently waits in line to pay.

Stampeding shoppers leave shoes behind

Taiwan residents who rushed to buy environmentally friendly handbags on sale several days ago had to return to the shopping mall to claim shoes lost during the shopping frenzy.

On July 6 the mall sold a name brand environmentally friendly handbag for NT$500 ($16), attracting several thousand customers. Following the sale, the mall had to dispatch a team of employees to guard the shoes lost in the rush. A week later, many of the shoes remain unclaimed. People wonder how the shoppers went home bagged but barefoot.

Movie-mad Yantai boy chases 'transformer'

An 11-year-old boy in Yantai, Shandong Province, chased a truck which he was sure was a transformer until he was stopped by police on an expressway on Monday.

The boy, 11, had just seen the film Transformers and was obsessed with the film's robot-transforming trucks.

When he spotted a truck similar to the one in the movie, he chased after it on his bicycle. The boy was discharged after police educated him on the need to strictly follow traffic rules.

Love letters move court against divorce

At a court case in the city of Lingbao, in Henan Province, last Friday, a wife surnamed Xie won back her husband, surnamed Li, after reading aloud some of the 103 love letters he sent her while they were dating.

Back in 2005, suspecting Li of having mistresses, Xie beat him and drove him out of their home.

When Xie, who still loved Li, learned she had been mistaken, she was overcome with regret. But despite her frequent apologies and expensive gifts, Li insisted on filing for divorce. After the judges from Lingbao Intermediate People's Court heard the letters, they ruled in favor of Xie.

Li does not plan to appeal the decision.

(China Daily 07/19/2007)

（英语点津 Linda 编辑）

About the broadcasters:

Matt Doran is an award-winning American newspaper journalist and an undergraduate student at Albion College. He is currently a polisher for China Daily Website and is on summer break from Beijing Foreign Studies University, where he will resume his study of Chinese in the fall.

Suzann Riddle is a senior double majoring in Health Care Management and Economics at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. She finds herself at China Daily Website after visiting many areas of China as a Holland Fellow, Appalachian's international exchange program with Fudan University.