On the screen, she is a brave policewoman or a miserable widow, while in reality, she has other identities: Good Will Ambassador of the Ministry of Health on HIV/AIDS and member of the Leadership Council of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA).
Hong Kong entertainer Andy Lau has the sperm Chinese women want the most for their babies, a poll conducted by Self magazine found.
A 15 year-old boy was making a plasticine face on a paper plate at the Shanghai Pudong Youth Palace. Asked what part he was working on, he replied he was touching up the lips; but when further asked why he put one of the teeth outside of the lips, he couldn't answer.
A Chinese court has sentenced the owner of an illegal coal mine who was convicted of murdering a newspaper reporter to life in prison at the first instance and ordered to pay 380,000 yuan (US$498,687) in compensation to the reporter's family, state media reported Thursday.
China's paralyzed gymnast Wang Yan has improved beyond doctors' expectations since she underwent fatal surgery in Shanghai, said Wu Xiqin, chief coach with the Zhejiang Provincial gymnastics team.
Twelve graduates of Zhengzhou University wore traditional Han costumes instead of western robes, took their photos and held a ceremony saluting their teachers on June 22.
Zhou Fenying is a living witness to the dark history that still poisons China's relations with Japan more than 60 years after World War Two.
Cross-talk fans across China were mourning the loss of legendary xiangsheng actor Hou Yaowen, who passed away on Saturday aged 59. Hou died of heart attack at 6:30 pm at his home in northern Beijing.
Chen Hui (George Chen), former managing editor of China Daily, died on Friday. He was 80, and is survived by his wife, a daughter, a son and three grandchildren.
China's famous cross-talk master Hou Yaowen died on Saturday died of a massive heart attack at his apartment in Beijing. He was 59.
They could hardly be compared to action heroes in those Hollywood disaster films, but they did save lives in an accident that could have happened in a movie.
China's uncrowned hotpot queen has spiced up the lives of her compatriots for 25 years and now she wants to take the strong flavours of her native cuisine to the rest of the world.