For the love of the language

It is said that Confucius, the great teacher had over 3,000 students in China, a remarkable achievement for those days. Hundreds of years later, the ancient sage is still proving to be the main inspiration for a Chinese teacher to teach Chinese language courses to over 3,000 students in Cameroon and Tanzania.

Taiwan-born actor stars on US TV series

Yun Jin Kim as the intelligent doctor on Grey's Anatomy, Ellen Wong as the driven high schooler in The Carrie Diaries, Lucy Liu as the poker-face lawyer in Ally McBeal ...

A life made full by saving lives

He injured himself rescuing lives from fire when young, lost his love but never his heart and desire to help those in need, and found his true love and an eventual award for his "one man's marathon".

Painting a legendary life

For almost a year, Li Bin, a painter from Shanghai, has buried himself in piles of books and DVDs about the life of Nelson Mandela.

Born in the Year of the horse

In the traditional Chinese Lunar Calendar, 12 animals form a zodiac cycle. The animal associated with this year is the horse. The horse was important in ancient times for hunting, farming, and warfare; it is also recognized as one of the six most important animals associated with humans. Horses symbolize luck, virtue and a progressive spirit, and most Chinese idioms about horses are positive - such as ma dao cheng gong, literally success on the horse, which means immediate success; yi ma dang xian, literally marching forward on the horse, meaning progress in career or business; or long ma jing shen, literally the spirit of horse and dragon, which means a high and progressive spirit. People have been welcoming the Year of the Horse in different ways, with those born in previous years of the horse wearing red clothing and red belts. Among them are pupils and retired teacher and engineer, as well as horse trainer. Each of them has their own story and has expectations and dreams for their birth year. China Daily shares their stories and sends best wishes to them.

Cyberspace code of conduct

The lack of an explicit code of conduct for cyberspace poses a threat to global security, but forging a set of rules is proving a challenging test.

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Judicial progress should be acknowledged

Human Rights Watch, a New York-based non-governmental human rights group, released its 2014 World Report on Jan 21, its 24th annual review of human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide. In the typical way that China's human rights record is always badmouthed, the report ignores basic facts and turns a blind eye to the progress embodied in China's judicial reforms last year.

Happy Chinese New Year

Pollution concerns may subdue the celebratory bangs and fancy firework displays.

Japan brainwashing kids

The media in Japan reported on Tuesday that the Japanese education ministry will revise its teaching materials so that the Diaoyu Islands an integral part of Chinese territories, will be described as an integral part of Japan's under the name Senkaku.

Clean, green Spring Festival

Spring Festival is about family reunion, the Lunar New Year Eve dinner, and visiting relatives and friends. It is also about setting off fireworks. But with heavy smog covering many cities across North and East China for long spells, especially last year, people have begun debating whether fireworks should be banned during Spring Festival.

Why tuhao year-end bonus matters

One potent symbol of excess on the part of the American super-rich was the golden shower curtain flaunted by disgraced Tyco chief executive Dennis Kozlowski. Among China's "tuhao", or those with loads of cash but no class (or the nouveaux riches), the lust for gilt-edged items goes beyond bathroom fixtures to include underwear and shoes, as well as 18 karat gold mobile devices costing $5,513 to $6,282. In Nanjing, the extreme represented a gold-plated Infiniti G37 that was recently photographed parked outside a jewelry store.