The life of a 13-year-old in rural China

2011-08-11 14:22:59

Wang Leimei, 13, lives with her parents and six-year-old brother in a rundown cottage in Xialao village in Xundian Hui and Yi autonomous prefecture in Southwest China's Yunnan province, where life is much different to the hustle and bustle of the city.

Chongqing: China's safest, most stable city

2011-08-10 18:11:08

Chongqing is the safest and most stable city in China, according to a league table cited in the Chongqing Evening News Wednesday.

A trip to Zhangjiajie

2011-08-10 13:51:18

I have been living in Shanghai for a year and a half now, and take every chance I get to escape the urban jungle and explore China's beautiful countryside.

China lures Camacho to coach soccer

2011-08-09 14:17:22

Former Spanish national coach Jose Antonio Camacho has been rumored as the new head coach of the Chinese men's national soccer team.

A dream and two wheels

2011-08-09 08:46:08

When Zheng Sheng tried to persuade a number of bicycle companies to sponsor his "crazy dream", almost nobody took it seriously.

Pork price rises hit fall custom

2011-08-09 07:45:08

Monday marked the 1st day of autumn, according to the Chinese lunar calendar, a time when people traditionally try to boost their weight ahead of the winter.

Woman grows 1.4-m long hair

2011-08-09 07:45:08

A woman in Xiaogan, Hubei province, is well known to her neighbors and colleagues because her hair is 1.4-m long.

Police say cannot charge man with hotel 'rape'

2011-08-09 07:45:08

A woman in Weining county, Guizhou province, had sex with a stranger thinking he was her boyfriend.

Netizens offer help to elderly vegetable seller

2011-08-09 07:45:08

Netizens have been moved by a micro blog about an old woman who makes a living by selling vegetables and fruits under an overpass in Beijing.

Summer living not easy for boy who never sweats

2011-08-09 07:45:08

A boy in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, suffers from a rare genetic disease that means he never sweats. Hu Fengyi, 12, has never sweated since he was born.

A home away from home

2011-08-08 10:43:44

My personal story during my stay in China is really sounding, I came across every day many things needed to be mentioned.

Post-80s find naked wedding as way out

2011-08-06 14:51:55

Parents of twenty-somethings never expected that one day they would have to foot a bill of over 300,000 yuan ($44,000) to get a daughter-in-law or son-in-law, since getting married for them was just a $1300 business during the 1980s.