Short-term study tours have become popular among Chinese parents who want their children to gain a deeper understanding of different cultures.
It was just after midnight in Hami prefecture in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and the construction workers on the Lanzhou-Urumqi high-speed railway had just started work.
As China's digital publishing industry continues to grow, publishers are looking for new ways of obtaining and telling stories. Gone are the days when authors simply penned their tales, presented them to the publisher houses and hoped for the best.
As the sole doctor at the only clinic on K. Guraidhoo, a remote island in the Maldives with a population of just 4,000, Lokendra Singh is accustomed to doing everything himself.
Raaisha Fhathimath lives in paradise, or to be precise, 200 meters from paradise.
Zhang Lanmei, a 50-year-old gynecologist aboard the Peace Ark, has 30 years' experience at the General Hospital of the Chinese Navy. This is her first voyage with the Chinese hospital ship.
Early on a sunny summer morning, a dozen elderly people were sitting on benches outside a handsome house in Xijiaominxiang hutong, Beijing, fanning themselves while waiting for the China Will Bank to open for business. Wei Jinding, 91, was among those waiting. Although he wears a hearing aid in his left ear and can only walk with the aid of a stick, he looks hale and hearty. Accompanied by his eldest son and daughter-in-law, Wei was waiting to obtain advice about making a will and ensure that his three apartments are inherited by his intended recipients after his death.
One of the biggest disputes over a will in Chinese history happened in 1722 after the death of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to Kangxi's will, his fourth son, who later became Emperor Yongzheng, would inherit China's largest fortune - the country itself. The problem was that Kangxi had 35 sons and no one knew his intentions until his will was executed soon after his death.
Passenger Xu Da was sitting at the rear of the Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 as it was coming in to land at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday.
Public services have returned to normal a week after a police station in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region was attacked by terrorists on June 26.
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