English teacher finds his way through the Tao
2010-11-21 10:32:16
After 17 years in China, the 30-year-old Brooklyn native and English teacher at the Haidian Foreign Language Experimental School considers himself first and foremost a student of the Tao, via tai chi.
Prince of eels hits his stride in Beijing
2010-11-21 09:21:06
A 15-year-old boy grabs a fat, slimy eel behind the head, and watches wide-eyed as the predatory fish wraps its body tightly around his forearm.
Ma Weidu and his timeless collection
2010-11-21 09:18:52
In an era when the rest of the country hoarded every spare penny towards a color television for the home, Ma Weidu was scrounging around flea markets and blowing his savings on scruffy doors and window-panels and worn-out chairs and tables.
Armless Chinese pianist scales new heights
2010-11-19 10:10:40
Armless Chinese pianist Liu Wei is set to take his unusual skill on a world tour, showing off to a global audience his dexterity with his toes.
Never seen a blaze so intense, says firefighter
2010-11-19 07:21:25
Wang Wei has been fighting fires for 10 years, but "never before" has he seen a blaze as intense as the one that gutted the 28-story residential building in downtown Shanghai, killing 58 people. 
Survivors recall horror as windows shattered Japanese man died with wife Questions linger over inferno
Student finds roots on the farm
2010-11-19 06:51:33
Surrounded by neatly arranged greenhouses, Xia Xiukui's dormitory sits in the middle of an 80-hectare farm. The simple white cottage looks like a temporary shed.
Frozen between life and death
2010-11-18 07:18:44
Over the past five years, Zhang has written in her blog that she feels like "a pile of sand on the beach draining bit by bit with each sweeping wave".
Busking in luck's glory
2010-11-17 07:21:32
Until about a month ago, 44-year-old Wang Xu and 29-year-old Liu Gang were just two common migrant workers, who played music in the national capital's subways at night to make some extra cash.
Industrial sector 'will focus on quality'
2010-11-16 07:13:48
China's top industrial official said the country will no longer make the growth rate its top priority in its five-year industrial development plan, focusing instead on the quality and the profitability of industrial growth.
Industrial sector 'will focus on quality'
2010-11-16 07:13:48
China's top industrial official said the country will no longer make the growth rate its top priority in its five-year industrial development plan, focusing instead on the quality and the profitability of industrial growth.
Anchor sparks splash
2010-11-16 07:11:03
US President Barack Obama might not be the only one who needs to worry about how his words could be interpreted - so too might Rui Chenggang, a star anchor from China Central Television (CCTV).
The hero who saved 400 orphans
2010-11-15 14:10:18
For more than 20 years, Zheng Chengzhen has been taking care of street children who had ran away or been abandoned by their families.