Then and now: Recreating that child-like smile

2016-06-01 15:32:57

Then and now: recreating that child-like smile

Sphinx appears along the Silk Road

2016-06-01 14:43:43

A Great Sphinx of Giza replica pictured at the Lanzhou Silk Road Cultural Relics Park in Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu province, on Tuesday.

Most violence among Beijing students gang-related, says court report

2016-06-01 14:32:51

Intentional injury, public order disturbances and gang-related fights are the most common violent acts committed by students in the capital, a report issued by Beijing High People's Court said on Tuesday

China renews blue alert for rainstorm

2016-06-01 13:50:22

China's meteorological authority on Wednesday renewed a blue alert for rainstorms likely to linger in southern and eastern provinces.

Young teacher's heartfelt love for students

2016-06-01 10:25:53

Chen Qiuju, 25, has been teaching at a village school in Sichuan Province for eight years, ever since she graduated from a local teachers' training school. She has devoted herself heart and soul to the children in this rural area.

High-speed rail has grown at dizzying speed

2016-06-01 08:18:33

The year 2008 was memorable for China and the world not least because of the hugely successful Beijing Olympics; it was also the year that China opened its first high-speed rail line, from Beijing to Tianjin.

My life has been fast-tracked

2016-06-01 08:18:11

My memories of China Daily years can be clearly traced along the railway track.

Iron arteries pump new life

2016-06-01 08:17:45

The social changes that high-speed trains have wrought add up to far more than the hours and minutes saved.

Old media needed this wake-up call

2016-06-01 08:02:49

I've always had mixed feelings about e-commerce that has increasingly become part of our lives.

Consumption will all look different tomorrow

2016-06-01 08:02:12

The slowdown of physical retail and the high expectation for growth have led Chinese CEOs to look for new growth avenues - and e-commerce is seen as one of the last few levers for growth.

Too much, too young

2016-06-01 07:43:11

When I met Zhai Meixiang in Beidouxi township in Hunan province, she was celebrating her 12th birthday with a group of school friends, who were all left-behind children and shared birthdays in May.

Making 'left-behind children' count

2016-06-01 07:41:14

The government is carrying out the first survey of minors in the rural areas with the aim of ensuring they are safe and have access to education.