Internet-savvy youth of the West are logging on to English-language websites of Chinese suppliers for fashion bargains.
After the pressure cooker of national exams, students are making the most of the summer vacation in a variety of ways.
The high school student gets off the train from Qingdao, Shandong province, and walks into a plastic surgery clinic in Beijing's central business district.
On this big night out, Gisele Bundchen, darling of the cameras, is decked out in diamonds from Van Cleef&Arpels.
Seemingly against logic, Yasuteru Yamada, 72, is eager for the chance to take part.
The United States' "national pastime" is played by few people in China, even in first-tier cities such as Guangzhou.
Operators of the Three Gorges Dam have, for the first time, added to the flows downstream to help the spawning of Yangtze River carp.
Lavender production creates stunning sceneries and economic opportunities in rural Xinjiang.
If the paradise that is Zhang Guying village is a proverbial Eden, then Zhang Guying is its allegorical Adam.
Rural processing plants are helping farmers in quake-ravaged Beichuan county of Sichuan province shake off their poverty.