Society

Students at Yangzhou University in East China's Jiangsu province indulge in pillow fights as they prepare to mark Singles' Day on Friday.

Guanggun literally means "bare sticks" for the 11th day of the 11th month is dominated by the number 1, similar in shape to a stick. Guanggun also denotes a Chinese slang, meaning "single people".

The festival this year is being deemed as "the ultimate Singles' Day of the century", as the year 2011 also contains two "sticks" in it.

"I'm going to summon some friends on the Internet and celebrate the century's biggest Singles' Day with them," said Ji Guangzhong, a 23-year-old man in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province.

"I don't even mind if they are male," added Ji. "Being alone on the day makes me feel miserable."

Cheating in exams on various levels has become prevalent across China. Reports of professional tests being leaked often make the news. The technology used in exams also has become more advanced.

Students take a test on the playground at Sihuang middle school in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, Nov 10, 2011. The purpose for moving the test outdoors is to prevent cheating, according to the school's principal.

07:45 11.11.2011, A van belong to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport hit airplane and cause flight delays.

About 20 teenage girls, including two younger than 14, have been caught offering sexual services for money, according to the local procuratorate in Shanghai.

Three of the girls have been charged with organizing prostitution and procuring, after they persuaded classmates to join them and took a commission for helping them contact customers.

According to Han Konglin, the prosecutor from the People's Procuratorate of Zhabei District in Shanghai, the prostitution ring was established in 2009 when the three girls started offering sex service and looked for more girls to join them. The girls ran the business online, asking their customers whether they needed a young girl "to play with" and arranging an appointment, usually at hotels late at night.