Yao Ming wakes up each morning and immediately heads for the computer to get the latest news on the earthquake that devastated China.
77-year-old Zhong Junxiu was sitting in front of her collapsed home in the village of Haozhao in the town of Xiaode at 3pm yesterday. Her 78-year-old husband Lin Shude was sitting beside her with a bag of fertilizer.
A self-styled "prophet" of China's stock market has been jailed for three years and fined 600,000 yuan (US$86,333) for illegally selling share tips over the Internet.
A homeless beggar in his 60s and a middle-aged shoeshine woman have come to epitomize people's selflessness in supporting the victims of the Sichuan earthquake.
Famous Chinese lawyer Zhang Yuejiao was sworn in on Tuesday as a judge of the World Trade Organization (WTO)'s top court.
Gynecologist Wang Li was preparing to deliver a baby in a Pengzhou county hospital when the massive quake struck on May 12.
China Daily reporter CHEN JIA was trapped for hours in a crushed minibus which was buried under rubble and was hanging on the edge of a cliff. Girl's Legs Amputated
Village teacher Guo Xiaochao, 24, was scheduled to start his honeymoon today.Instead his funeral will be held today.
Next month a high school student will not be sitting for his examination to enter college, an opportunity to change one's life for many Chinese.
Heroism comes naturally to earthy policeman By Huang Zhiling and Yu Dou Updated: 2008-05-06 07:13 Suicide bombers and wild flood waters may sound scary to some, but to Zheng Yun, they mean just another day at the office.