Living life on the record

There's a popular perception of archivists - sedate, learned, confidential, and happy to work behind the scenes. However, the truth is somewhat different.

Race to remember story of resistance

The faces of the dead are deeply imprinted on the memory of Liu Chun-sing, an 87-year-old former soldier of the East River Brigade, who saw his friends and colleagues fall during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45).

Resisting the invaders

"The brigade had limited military success against the Japanese during the occupation," said Chan Sui-jeung, whose book about the Hong Kong Kowloon Brigade has been widely cited.

Strait talking

Facing out across the ocean, the ruined hulks of huge loudspeakers dominate the eastern shore of Dadeng, a leafy island of 20,000 residents that lies off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian province.

A place out of time

First person | Ni Wen and Hong Chunji

Waiting for the mail

Hong Chunji, 60, (1971-89)

Welcome to the world's largest garbage dump

Since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing in the early hours of March 8, teams of rescue workers have been frantically searching large swaths of deep ocean to locate the Beijing-bound Boeing 777-200.

How pollution affects marine life

The latest word on books: Keep those pages coming

In recent months, social media sites have been deluged with posts bemoaning the decline of reading in China. But according to a new report, the harbingers of doom have been on the wrong page.

Reading between the lines

In the past 12 months, several major players in the Chinese book industry and researchers have conducted surveys into digital reading habits. Here are some of their conclusions.

Sound bites

"I read, but mostly I do it online. At the store, I just walk around to see what everyone else is reading."

Uygurs learn what's in a name

Snow was falling in the April noonday sun, but that didn't stop people from lining up outside Abula's shop in Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.