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School mergers to benefit students

[2014-02-21 07:06]

Cai Xiaodong is considering a radical measure. The principal of the Experimental High School attached to Beijing Normal University, a key institution in the Chinese capital, is planning a merger with the nearby, but less-renowned, Beijing Erlonglu Middle School.

Rounded up as an enemy alien

[2014-02-20 07:43]

In the coastal city of Weifang, Shandong province, stand several dark, gray European-style buildings from the 19th century.

Returning to the camp

[2014-02-20 07:43]

Of those interned in the camp, the only person I am in contact with is my cousin who was born there. As you can imagine, we survivors were children at the time, and our parents decamped all over the world afterwards.

Connecting with the world

[2014-02-20 07:43]

I remember one of the US internees told me that Weihsien camp is not only a part of Chinese history but also a part of US history too. The unique history of Weihsien camp has provided a connection with the rest of the world.

Spirit of adventure lives on in Antarctic

[2014-02-19 07:04]

When Ernest Shackleton failed in his attempt to reach the South Pole 103 years ago, the British adventurer bemoaned what he saw as growing reluctance to explore the world.

China's adventure in Antarctica

[2014-02-19 07:04]

In February 1985, China opened the Great Wall Station, the country's first research establishment in West Antarctica. The station lies on the Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, 2.5 km from the Chilean Eduardo Frei Montalva Station, and 960 km from Cape Horn.

A place of wonder and secrets

[2014-02-19 07:04]

Azure skies, pure air, adorable penguins and lazy seals, magnificent glaciers of every shape imaginable... the first time I stepped onto Antarctica, I fell in love with it.

Death of panda leaves many questions unanswered

[2014-02-18 07:48]

On Valentine's Day, Longsheng, a giant panda at Zhengzhou Zoo, climbed down from his wooden bed to the window and reached out slowly with his right paw to grasp a red carrot from his feeding tray. He seemed lonely without his female companion, Jinyi, who had died on Feb 9.

Regulation of animals

[2014-02-18 07:48]

Concerns about the welfare of animals displayed in zoos outside of China have spawned regulations that govern their humane handling, treatment and transportation.

Another one on the way

[2014-02-17 07:55]

In an otherwise unremarkable hospital waiting room in Zhoushan, the first city in China to move away from the one-child policy, an expectant father places his hand on the protruding curve of his wife's belly.

Waiting for their half of the sky

[2014-02-14 07:00]

In 1958, Mao Zedong presented an inspiring vision of the role of women in society when he declared they "hold up half the sky".

A word for independent women has a double edge

[2014-02-14 07:00]

In 2013, nyuhanzi became one of the most popular Internet words in China. In Chinese, it literally means a "female man", or a man inside a woman's body. Metaphorically, it means a woman who thinks and behaves like a man, especially men with undisciplined habits.

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