Strongman contestants visit Shaolin Temple
2013-07-08 09:36:34
Competitors in the 2013 China World Strongman Championship visited the Shaolin Temple in Zhengzhou, Henan province, on Sunday afternoon to study Chinese martial arts with monks.
Showing off in Shanxi
2013-07-08 03:30:30
Tradition and culture were the main attractions recently at the ancient city of Taiyuan. Chen Liang and Sun Ruisheng tell us which were the main acts.
Nice work - if you can get it
2013-07-03 10:02:18
The global economy has been hit by a slowdown in the United States and the sovereign debt problems affecting many countries in the European Union.This has delivered a massive blow to new graduates.
Graduates face grim hunt for work
2013-07-03 10:02:18
The harsh reality engendered by China's economic slowdown has exerted huge pressures on graduates and resulted in a low rate of job satisfaction.
Life by a thousand cuts
2013-07-03 09:56:28
Born with brittle bone disease, Zhang Yonghong is only half a meter tall and must use a wheelchair.
Dance becomes popular stress relief
2013-06-28 02:42:08
Dancing has become a trendy antidote to stress among young Chinese, especially urban female white-collar workers, in the past three years.
Security guards moonlight as college students
2013-06-25 07:18:57
When 18-year-old Zhang Guoqiang came to Beijing to work as a temporary security guard at the prestigious Peking University in 1994, having only a middle-school diploma, he probably never expected he could go to a top college himself one day.
Lofty views of cityscapes
2013-06-25 14:17:15
Urban explorer and identity expert JT Singh has made a two-minute visual record of Shanghai that he says will imprint images of the city in minds across the globe.
Getting the needle
2013-06-25 06:57:43
I've never traveled by ship before and I felt dizzy and uncomfortable even before we left port.
Cooperation is the way forward
2013-06-25 06:57:43
Medical experts from China and the United States held a joint discussion about the provision of international humanitarian services.
Best cities for top-end goods
2013-06-21 14:59:48
Luxury goods are notoriously more expensive on the Chinese mainland, and that's why many Chinese consumers do their luxury shopping overseas.
The East-West divide of food
2013-06-21 14:59:26
Western fast food is not adventure for many in mainland China, but a McDonald’s Big Mac meal in Beijing is not cheap when you can already get two bowls of noodles or three orders of dumplings for the same price.