An intrepid DIY man, Liu Jiming's childhood obsession with trains has led him to come up with a miniature steam engine-driven train.
Hong Kong film star Jackie Chan and NBA star Yao Ming were appointed promotion ambassadors for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo on Thursday.
Japanese housewife Tomiyo Yamada battled illness to set a new attendance record at the 2005 Aichi World Expo - by visiting 243 times - a number she plans to surpass at the Shanghai Expo.
If consumption is an engine of economic growth, Wang Hao had a perfect vehicle in mind: A car paid for by others.
It could be the plot of a Hollywood movie: A laid-off factory worker's life turned upside-down after he is accepted into a PhD program at a prestigious university.
Mention Bruce Lee and you are likely to get an animated reaction, maybe even a Lee-style sweep of the leg. Bring up the name Leung Ting, however, and chances are you will draw a complete blank.
Wu Zongwei works in a government intelligence department and knows how to get ahead. His boss has told him and his colleagues to watch television.
China's prolific Internet users, hell bent on exposing corruption in government functioning, have another reason to smile.
Kungfu star Jackie Chan's comments on freedom - lambasted by netizens and scholars - were taken out of context, his spokesman said on Tuesday.
Another official involved in Sichuan earthquake relief efforts has committed suicide ahead of the tragedy's one-year anniversary next month.
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