Smart money
2011-01-02 09:37:51
Yin Chunzhu's investment strategy for 2011 is straightforward. Stay as far away as possible from the stock market
What's the difference?
2011-01-02 09:37:51
Zhang Rui is oblivious to the rising cost of rice and vegetables. She hardly cooks at home, and eating out like she does, inflation is buffered by restaurants willing to absorb some of the costs to keep customers coming.
Riding the rising yuan
2011-01-02 09:37:51
Zhang Xiaoliang, a vendor of sewing machines for the garment industry, is downsizing to the minimum.
Nest Eggs
2011-01-02 09:37:51
Sun Yanfeng, 25, is about to get married to the lady of his dreams, 28-year-old Wang Siqi. But first, they plan to buy a place of their own.
Finding her niche
2011-01-02 09:37:51
A year and five months after Zhi Junmei graduated from the Beijing Technology and Business University, Zhi Junmei has already gone through four jobs. One of them lasted a week.
An honorable man writes his final farewell
2011-01-01 08:22:36
Shi Tiesheng, a Beijing-based disabled writer well known for his novels promoting the struggle against adversity, became an organ donor after he died of a cerebral hemorrhage on Friday morning.
Farmer reaps cool job
2010-12-31 07:15:16
At 3 am, when the night chill takes away the last warmth of the day, Ma Changlong walks gingerly out of his home in Zhaodong city, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province.
Home for 859 left-behind children
2010-12-30 19:11:22
Meat retailer Deng Weixing and his wife have been looking after 859 left-behind children for over 29 years, offering them food and shelter and helping them finish primary school and high school.
Free spender survives test
2010-12-30 07:01:48
Every month when he got paid, Wang Zhehua, a bus driver in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, would give a portion of his paycheck to his wife, then freely spend the remainder any way he pleased.
Lawyer turns full-time garbage man
2010-12-29 07:13:54
No one, including Huang Xiaoshan himself, could have pictured him as an environmental activist one year ago.
Diver farms underwater garden
2010-12-28 07:28:01
When the mercury hits -5 C, the last thing most of us think about is taking a dip in the ocean.
Digging pieces of the past
2010-12-24 08:07:08
You may have seen one of them digging around a construction site, wearing knee-high rubber boots, plastic bucket in hand, and not given them a second thought. Even if you had, they may have seemed no more than scavengers.