Many readers will be familiar with the image of a pretty nurse with a sweet smile who adorns ads in newspapers, on television and the Internet, among other places, promoting the service of hospitals that offer cosmetic surgery and treatments for skin conditions and infertility.
When I asked a taxi driver in Putian city, Fujian province, if he knew Dongzhuang town, he gave me a look that seemed to say, "Are you kidding me? Heck, yeah!"
During the past year, Chen Song, deputy director of the Dongzhaigang Mangrove Forest Reserve in Hainan province, has devoted himself to improving public awareness of mangrove forests and shrubs, and the protection of endangered coastal flora. The problem is that Chen has been a little too successful, and the nature reserve now faces the prospect of turning visitors away.
The 2014 FIFA World Cup has kicked off, making soccer-crazy China even crazier. The tournament, which is held every four years and is one of the world's biggest sporting events and money spinners, is ubiquitous. Soccer-related articles dominate the Internet, television, radio, newspapers and social networking sites, and the competition is the main topic of conversation in cafes, bars, offices and factories across the country.
It's something of a cliche to say that soccer is fun to watch or play, but it's true nonetheless. China Daily spoke to a number of fans to find out what soccer means to them.
Li Wenqing, deputy head of promotion at the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region tourism bureau, is eagerly looking forward to the opening of the region's new railway.
Adi Turdi, the first bullet train driver in China from the Uygur ethnic group, said his daughter will be among the passengers on the maiden journey of Xinjiang's bullet train.
Fu Guoqian spends most of his time sitting in his 6-square-meter room in a traditional part of southern Beijing that is dominated by nondescript, age-old one-story buildings and narrow, well-trodden alleyways. Fu's room, the only space that belongs to the 94-year-old, is half-filled by a bed that faces directly toward the dilapidated wooden door.
Whampoa Military Academy, established by Sun Yat-sen, one of China's most revered revolutionaries, was officially opened on May 1, 1924, with the first lessons beginning on June 16 of the same year.
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