Coal mines as tourist draws
2011-10-13 07:50:17
As a young, migrant carver in Shenzhen in the late-1970s, Yang Kequan's dream was to someday start a small agate workshop, where he could hire a handful of workers.
Where dinosaurs once roamed
2011-10-13 07:50:17
Chaoyang's Sihetun village, an hour by car from the city center, yielded one of mankind's most significant fossil finds - the sinosauropteryx, the first feathered dinosaur ever unearthed.
Litmus test of food safety
2011-10-13 07:50:17
Given the nation's food scandals in recent years, a quick, relatively cheap and effective testing kit is timely and reassuring.
A backseat driver has a front-row seat on car madness
2011-10-13 07:50:17
I have the best time in the car when I'm with my Chinese in-laws. I just sit back, close my eyes and smile.
Precious rocks
2011-10-13 07:50:17
It does not take long to realize that Xiuyan county's jade market is no ordinary jade market. Among the endless shelves of jade necklaces, bracelets, key chains and carvings sit these huge, mean-looking and expensive rocks. One, encased in glass, was purchased for 500,000 yuan in 1996 and left there on display.
Coal mines as tourist draws
2011-10-13 07:50:17
As a young, migrant carver in Shenzhen in the late-1970s, Yang Kequan's dream was to someday start a small agate workshop, where he could hire a handful of workers. Three decades later, his Yang Kee Agate Company, based in his hometown of Fuxin, employs more than 100 workers and imports materials from South Asia, South America, Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
Where dinosaurs once roamed
2011-10-13 07:50:17
Five-year-old Zhang Zihao is a big dinosaur fan. The kindergartner owns dinosaur books, miniature dinosaur models, and in the past year and a half has already dragged his mother four times to the Bird Fossils National Geopark in their home city of Chaoyang.
Birthplace of China's last dynasty
2011-10-13 07:50:17
Despite having completed six years of Chinese history classes at high school, Shen Di had to once again bury her nose in history after signing up as a tour guide at the Old City of Hetu Ala. Her mission: to delve deeper into the birth of China's last imperial dynasty.
Litmus test of food safety
2011-10-13 07:50:17
When He Fangyang tried in 2002 to tell food companies that his food testing invention was reliable, none of them was convinced. "They put their faith in overseas testing machines and were doubtful of the efficacy of a 5-cm-long test paper," He recalls.
A backseat driver has a front-row seat on car madness
2011-10-13 07:50:17
I have the best time in the car when I'm with my Chinese in-laws. I just sit back, close my eyes and smile. Like most Westerners, whatever I lack in Chinese language, guanxi (connections), cultural awareness and use of chopsticks, I compensate for with my driving skills.