Life in the very, very fast lane

2011-04-19 09:30:59

Seven years after the first Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, Chinese driver Tung Ho-pin is still knocking on doors to become a Formula 1 race driver.

Expert feels killers' pain

2011-04-14 08:30:11

Li Meijin, 53, is one of China's most prestigious crime psychologists but found herself at the center of controversy recently when she said people should try to understand the minds of killers and treat them with mercy.

The ABCs of birds and bees

2011-04-13 09:31:53

Even after 19 years of teaching, Peng Xiaohui still isn't sure how to really turn people on.

Sea burials see rising waves of acceptance

2011-04-12 08:25:24

As he puts the deceased to rest, Zheng Jixiong also has to put to rest the concerns many people have about burying their loved ones at sea.

Yang Yanxin busking in Beijing

2011-04-08 16:55:10

At a dim corner of an underground subway station, Yang Yanxin stops playing his guitar in front of the bustling commuters and sums up his three years living in China’s capital: “You think yourself somebody, but you are nobody in Beijing.”

Keep that traffic rolling

2011-04-08 08:15:14

There are no gridlocked roads in Li Xu's world. Traffic flows smoothly and specially designed intersections keep everyone on the move.

Doctor prescribes new cure for care

2011-04-07 09:17:09

The world may be focusing on the safety of medicines during this year's World Health Day, which falls on Thursday.

Quake victims don't sleep alone

2011-04-06 08:24:14

While most focus on caring for survivors of Wenchuan's earthquake, Ma Fuyang has spent the last three years tending to its dead.

Planning to capture beauty of life

2011-04-05 07:37:30

Zhu Chenyan never expected a dramatic change in her job when she was a wedding planner three years ago. Now, she plans funerals.

A mortuary cosmetician's final touches

2011-04-04 13:00:27

Renowned as the master of mortuary cosmetics, Liu Rui'an has faced a number of deceased senior leaders of the Communist Party and the state on the slab before him.

'Beautician' for the Yangtze River

2011-04-04 09:06:14

Zhu Wenfu and his wife Li Xianmei are working to keep the river clean, being part of the Wanzhou environmental sanitation team, set up in 2003 to ensure that floating garbage would not reach the dam's generators.

Flight instructor's life takes off above Chinese skyline

2011-04-03 09:48:18

Hungarian's maiden flight to country as a 9-year-old forges a lifelong fascination with jets