Inventive wedding motorcade wows bride

2011-05-30 11:08:17

A bride was deeply touched when her imaginative bridegroom organized an economic but lovely motorcade in Changchun city, capital of Northeast China's Jilin province, to receive and escort the bride and her family on their wedding day, May 29, 2011, City Evening News reported Sunday.

Sleeping with the dinosaurs

2011-05-30 07:55:47

When Huang Enzhi opened her eyes early on Sunday morning, the first thing she saw was a 24-meter-long blue whale suspended in the air above her head.

Free rein for dreams

2011-05-30 07:55:47

There will be lots for kids to do on International Children's Day. Liu Yujie and Wu Wencong report.

'Kung Fu Panda 2' returns to its Chinese home

2011-05-30 09:06:48

On the eve of its premiere in China, Kung Fu Panda 2 production designer Raymond Zibach hugged a panda-suited man in this southwest Chinese city, demonstrated making bowls of local noodles and mugged for Chinese press cameras on a Paramount promotion tour on Wednesday.

China's medical care system leaps forward

2011-05-30 08:53:56

Medical care improvements like in Liantang can also be seen in other rural areas, thanks to the country's continuous efforts to improve its basic medical care system.

Home-schooled girl ready for college in the US

2011-05-30 08:53:19

A girl in Jilin province has received seven college admission notices, even though she has gone to school for only eight years.

Girl has more than 30 ants in her ears

2011-05-30 08:51:08

A 16-year-old girl in Taiwan had more than 30 ants in her ears because of her fancy for snacks.

Deaths of two girls make their father blind

2011-05-30 08:48:47

A man in Yongchuan district, Chongqing municipality, went blind after losing both his daughters within four years.

County vows to correct misuse of disaster relief money

2011-05-30 07:36:11

Netizens have protested angrily over the inappropriate use of 90 million yuan ($14 million) of post-disaster reconstruction funds in a Sichuan province county.

Language of convenience

2011-05-30 07:34:38

Value of studying abroad questioned amid growing use of mother tongue.

Child abuse claims call for better neighborhoods

2011-05-30 07:32:00

The Guangdong provincial women's federation is encouraging communities to become more child-friendly and better protect children's welfare after a survey it conducted found most children had suffered abuse.

Smoking ban ensures air cleaner in schools

2011-05-30 07:27:40

Schools and kindergartens are among the first places where the effects of a national battle to ban indoor smoking in public are being seen, according to a survey conducted by China Daily.