Change of heart
2013-05-27 14:04:56
Student Lu Song volunteered to teach in a Nairobi slum for an adventure but soon developed a deep affection for the place and the people.
Shanghai plans street performer pilot
2013-05-27 10:54:09
Shanghai plans to launch a pilot program to regulate street performances and give performers more legal spaces to present their shows.
Wedding planners learn the ropes to tie the knot
2013-05-27 10:16:45
Getting married in the world's most populous country is big business. About $57 billion is spent annually on 10 million weddings in China.
Children's Day celebrated in low-carbon way
2013-05-27 09:41:46
Children at a kindergarten in Shandong province use waste materials to make toys to celebrate the coming Children's Day in a low-carbon way.
'Beautiful sides' of two different cultures in photos
2013-05-27 02:59:06
With dozens of exhibitions, Chinese photographer Steve Hui Zhao has become famous for showing the smiling faces of ordinary Chinese to the outside world.
Moulding great minds
2013-05-26 10:05:56
The Beijing Tibetan Middle School has produced many students who are now contributing to the reconstruction of the Tibet autonomous region.
A new life on the red planet
2013-05-24 10:13:29
A putative program to establish a human colony on Mars has met with a strong response from hopeful Chinese citizens.
Jobs scarce as record numbers graduate
Chinese applicants
2013-05-24 10:05:12
If I got picked, I would leave my family and spend the rest of my life on Mars.
Eye of the beholder
2013-05-24 09:12:53
Today, the Chinese idea of female beauty has taken a strong swing toward Western standards, with many young women desperate for a higher bridged nose, eyelids or a sharper chin. It's a desire that has fueled a culture of plastic surgery among the wealthy.
Man of the mountain
2013-05-23 17:56:14
Surveyor Luo Junhong risks his life on a daily basis to check for potential landslides on the sloops that surround his village. Deng Zhangyu reports from Ya'an, Sichuan.
Experts redirect water to curb post-quake tragedies
2013-05-23 17:56:02
The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake rattled and crumbled the peaks that smatter Sichuan province's Longmen fault line, creating a recipe for later disasters. Just add water, and you get landslides.
Time heals but does not erase memories
2013-05-23 14:25:54
I was overwhelmed by emotions when I saw the tombstone of Teng Dengfeng in the cemetery designated for the May 12, 2008 earthquake victims of Yingxiu, Wenchuan county, Sichuan province.