Her handbags reflect her bright outlook
2013-02-27 07:35:20
No matter how many accolades or how much media attention Wu Mengdi receives, the up-and-coming handbag designer says she's really not all that artistically inclined.
Worked to the bone
2013-02-27 07:35:20
Most people think about the respiratory system when they think about SARS. Chen Weiheng knows it can also affect the pelvis.
Bringing US-style classes home to China
2013-02-24 09:21:26
An old saying goes, "Idle hands are the devil's tools." But sometimes, good things can come from boredom.
The big picture
2013-02-25 11:08:05
Films attain universal appeal through many means, and one of them is a plot with multinational elements.
Life after logging
2013-02-25 05:56:25
Former forestry workers are adapting to the times as central government directives emphasize conservation rather than chopping down trees. Raising sika deer has become a new source of income for many former lumberjacks in Bailang town.
Following in the Khans' footsteps
2013-02-25 05:56:25
Marco Polo first introduced Kublai Khan and his empire to the West in the 13th century, while more recently a British author has devoted himself to the exploration of Mongolian history and culture for the past two decades.
The king has no castle
2013-02-20 07:49:41
The Amur tiger is the largest subspecies of tiger and is primarily found in the Russian Far East and Northeast China. It came close to being extinct but its population has rebounded and about 450 are alive today.
The circus is in town
2013-02-22 10:08:21
Last year's big screen blockbuster Life of Pi was all about a shipwrecked boy and how he was adrift, stranded on a lifeboat with a huge tiger. In certain villages in Suzhou, Anhui province, living with tigers and lions is part of daily life.
A highly tangled character
2013-02-22 09:45:13
These days you're more likely to use the virtual net than handle a real one, but the character 网 (wǎng) remains a handy reminder of the days when more fish slipped the hunter's net than savvy Internet users jumped over firewalls.
Single-minded steward
2013-02-21 07:41:50
While the famous "Iron Man" Wang Jinxi braved the bleak grasslands to explore oil to meet the nation's needs in the 1960s, his successor Sun Bo paved the way for his peers to tap into resources overseas.
A rare sighting
2013-02-21 09:43:20
Known among birdwatchers as the 'holy grail', the critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper is suffering further habitat loss.
Lantern Festival losing its luster
2013-02-21 13:48:02
Lantern Festival, a tradition dating back to the Eastern Han Dynasty, marks the end of the two-week Lunar New Year celebration. 
Praise the Red Lantern