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At 92, Canadian anthropologist, sociologist and language professor Isabel Crook has two New Year wishes: To save the Earth. And finish writing a book on rural development in China.
The chief financial officer of Chinese search engine Baidu.com has died after an accident while on vacation in China, the company said.
Vice Premier Wu Yi has said she will not take any job after her retirement next year and hopes "no one will remember me."
A Chinese court has given death penalty with a reprieve to Wang Chengming, former board chairman of Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd. and former president of Shanghai SVA (Group) Co., Ltd., for participation in collective embezzlement and taking bribes, a court statement said on Thursday.
Wu Weiqing, a 44-year-old pastor, likes to hum while working even if he is under tremendous pressure. But it's halleluiah, rather than songs, that he hums.
Tang Wei didn't know what it was that she was auditioning for, or who was involved with the production. She had no idea that 10,000 actresses, including many A-listers, were competing for the role.
The Chinese advertising industry crowned actress Fan Bingbing as the year's top image girl, or the girl with the highest commercial value.
Living in China is like riding a speeding train, which knows where it's going, but keeps the passengers wondering what's around the next bend. Edwin Maher sees himself as one such passenger.
Yan Junqi was elected chairwoman of the Central Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy (CAPD) at the association's congress that concluded on Friday.
On Tuesday, 6:30 am London time, a young, slim and tall Chinese woman landed at London's Heathrow airport. As she approached Customs, she was stopped and asked the usual question: "What is the purpose of your visit to the United Kingdom?"
A month after its release in the Chinese mainland, Ang Lee's award-winning film "Lust, Caution" has been a permanent subject of debate for its explicit sexual content - or lack of it - and for its political undertones.
A 12-year-old schoolboy in Harbin, a major city in northeast China, has donated 20,000 yuan ($2,700) he earned from collecting and selling 160,000 plastic soft-drink bottles to orphans in AIDS villages in Henan.
