Tu Shaobo, a student at the Communication University of China, at the 3rd World Mahjong Championships, which attracted college students from across the country. Ran Wen / for China Daily
Although the tiles and scoring rules used in mahjong may differ slightly, depending on regional variations, the game is very similar in all versions.
While Friday's airborne pollution in Beijing became a hot topic on China's online social networks and in newspapers, the environmental authorities insisted they are taking measures to contain the problem.
Concentrations of some toxic chemicals in automobile interiors can be five to 10 times higher than in homes and offices, according to a report published in 2006 by the Ecology Center, a United States' nonprofit environmental organization. That means air pollution in cars is too severe to be neglected, especially during the winter months.
As winter draws near, for many people it's time to wear masks, reduce the amount of time they spend outdoors and prepare for high levels of air pollution caused by coal-fired heating. However, the air we breathe indoors is often only slightly cleaner than that outside.
It took Gengga Lianger a whole day to travel by bus from his home in Hongyuan county, the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province. From there, the 11-year-old boy embarked on a five-and-a-half-hour flight to Singapore via Hong Kong.
Just weeks before China was set to host the 2008 Olympic Games, disaster struck. On May 12, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale hit Sichuan.
Having engaged in what even some US pundits deemed "China bashing" during the campaign, the US presidential candidates toned down their rhetoric this week. They acknowledged China's economic interdependence with the United States and seemed to accept the global importance of a positive relationship between the two countries.
Exhausted and coated with dust, the Tibetan pilgrims move at a crawl and have a serene, determined look on their suntanned faces. Their solitude is rarely disturbed, except for the occasional passing vehicle and the fluttering of prayer flags.
Shi Bin's aggressive appearance - a fingernail-sized piercing in his left earlobe and a brace of tongue studs - is at odds with his gentle manner. However, the 21-year-old admitted that his "punk appearance" hinted at "a demon" inside, one he has been reluctant to acknowledge openly - an addiction to sex.
The International Institute of Trauma and Addiction Professionals in the United States lists dozens of questions in its Sexual Addiction Screening Test, an initial assessment for people with potentially addictive behaviors.
With shopping basket in hand, Hu Yi and his young son went through the shelves at a supermarket in Beijing's Niujie Street. For Yicheng, 5, it was just a regular grocery trip with his father, but Hu, a member of the predominantly Muslim Hui ethnic group, had another agenda - to teach his son how to shop for halal food.
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