Jie Teng, a 28-year-old business-school student from Hunan Province, China, is reluctant to use slang, because it's so easy to mess up.

WSJ: Mastering the Finer Points of American Slang

Rice wholesalers at Sanyanqiao Grain Wholesale Market, one of Guangdong's largest grain markets, had stopped selling rice from Hunan, an executive from the market told The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.

WSJ: China Seeks to Calm Anxiety Over Rice

The rice was mainly imported from nearby Hunan, a province that is traditionally known as the "land of fish and rice, " thanks to its bountiful produce.

WSJ: Cadmium-Tainted Rice Found in Guangzhou

From Changsha in Hunan province, one of China's most productive TV markets, comes True Encounters.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Television: Uncanned Laughter

Lei Pengcai, 61, moved to Beijing last year from a small town in Hunan province and took work washing the dishes in a restaurant.

ECONOMIST: Happiness and wealth

Turning to domestic news, more than 100 dead pigs have been dredged from the Xiangjiang River in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, since 14 March.

BBC: China media: Russia visit

Of note: the delicate lobster-and-scallion mix from Shanghai, and the spicy chicken supreme with Hunan seasonings.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

Among all of China's 660-odd cities, only one small city of 200, 000, Lianyuan in Hunan Province, can claim to provide clean drinking water straight from the tap.

CNN: Economic miracle, environmental disaster