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In education, vocation is lesson
2014-04-25 07:28
Foxconn, other manufacturing giants, and several prominent academics have added their voice to a growing call for more Chinese students to learn practical skills-based vocational training.
Self-taught chef cooks up good sales
2014-04-25 07:28
When Li Zhiqiang was less than 14 he worked in a tiny noodle restaurant with only a handful of other staff cooking noodles all day. He was paid 50 yuan a month.
Outrider for the delivery brigade
2014-04-25 07:28
The young man guns his motorcycle, weaving manically through heavy traffic on one of Beijing's outer ring roads. He barely slows as he navigates through cars and trucks clogging the lanes.
Migrant who wants to keep moving
2014-04-25 07:28
Lu Erfeng has just handed in his resignation. After almost four years of punching out chips for Apple gadgets on the manufacturing line at Foxconn in Shenzhen, the 21-year-old migrant worker from Henan province says he has had enough.
Land of opportunity for farmer's daughter
2014-04-25 07:28
On a bustling Beijing footpath, sharply dressed young men and women assemble in a formation three ranks deep, standing at attention with backs straight and eyes fixed forward.
It's tough - but rewarding - at the top
2014-04-25 07:28
Spidermen are indispensable for the 492-meter Shanghai World Financial Center, the tallest building in China.
A stitch according to the times
2014-04-25 07:28
The elderly women sit on a step by the side of the road and sew by hand. Their weathered faces are maps of smile lines and crow's feet, their hands and chatter lightning quick.
Daughter's songs keep mechanic humming
2014-04-25 07:28
On a factory floor near the edge of Beijing, Xu Libo peers into the coiled and convoluted innards of a partially-built bus, shouting to be heard over a cacophony of tools and machinery.
A job that plays havoc with health
2014-04-25 07:28
Pulling his cab over to a taxi rank, Hao Haixu climbs out, stretches his legs and yawns after six hours straight behind the wheel.
To work, to sleep, perchance to dream
2014-04-25 07:28
Yuan Laifen has lived in Hangzhou for 11 years. Her job is collecting used newspapers, paper boxes and other waste door to door and selling them to recycling factories.
Cooking, cleaning, washing... all in a 14-hour whirl
2014-04-25 07:28
Shen Xiaohua's high-pressure workday begins when she rises at 6 am. The 44-year-old domestic helper then has just 50 minutes to wash, gulp down breakfast and cycle to her employer's home 3 km away. She then starts preparing breakfast for the family she works for, a couple with two children.
Dream debate
2014-04-18 07:49
Chinese President Xi Jinping has made clear he wants the Chinese to realize their dream.
The Chinese Dream in Western eyes
2014-04-18 07:49
In China, the Chinese Dream stirs hopes and sets expectations; internationally, it provokes questions and elicits concerns. Here I look outside China - exploring attitudes, suggesting responses and warning of the dangers of self-fulfilling prophecies.
Harnessing the power of ideas
2014-04-18 07:49
In her profession, Jian Lili works with dreams. "It's to get people to start talking about their feelings," she was quick to add, careful to note that it has nothing mysterious about it, and is just one of the many tools that she uses to work with her clients.
Cutting edge
2014-04-11 07:56
It is hard to collect, analyze, store, search and visualize. But it is what everyone is talking about and something that companies and governments are finding is worth its weight in gold.
Tycoons lead way on data
2014-04-11 07:56
Big data is a relatively new phenomenon in China, but it is already making a big impression, attracting some of the biggest names in Chinese business circles.
Cloud, big data and smart cities
2014-04-11 07:56
On a recent Saturday, Shenzhen was preparing for the strongest thunderstorm in years to strike the city.
Skeptics rush to judge before data is in
2014-04-11 07:56
There has been apprehension about big data and its benefits, but it is too early to express such sentiments.
Why big data is such a big deal
2014-04-11 07:56
Over the past three years, many businesses have shifted from thinking of big data as a challenge to perceiving it as the opportunity it is.
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