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Changshu is weekend retreat for busy Shanghai residents

[2014-05-15 07:01]

Shanghai's residents are increasingly spending their weekends in the more easy-paced neighboring city of Changshu in Jiangsu province, drawn to its fresh air, stunning mountains and delicious foods.

Vision for the future

[2014-05-15 07:01]

Wang Shunwen sobs quietly on a hospital gurney as her mother strokes her hair and her surgeon looks on. Shunwen is 7 years old and she has just undergone her second surgery for bilateral congenital glaucoma in two days. "Think of an eye as an overflowing bathtub, with fluid constantly going in and out," says Dr James Brandt, an ophthalmology professor of surgery from the University of California-Davis. "Glaucoma prevents fluid from draining properly, so that creates tremendous pressure."

Surgery in close up

[2014-05-15 07:01]

I am sitting in "business class" in a DC-10, looking up at a screen so big that all 45 of us here could watch an in-flight movie on it together.

Culture of hope

[2014-05-15 07:01]

US-based NGO Orbis now has more long-term projects in China than anywhere else in the world - nine, says Orbis country director George Smith.

White-haired girl as young as ever

[2014-05-15 07:01]

This year, Xi'er will be 50 years old. The old team that helped deliver her in 1964 is grayer than she is, and some of them can only applaud her continuing success onstage from the other side now.

Top of her game

[2014-05-14 07:22]

On April 23, one World Book Day event attracted a large crowd. A team of workers started preparing for the event early that morning. The audience played with their cameras, patiently waiting for the event to begin. Despite the hard work and long wait there were few complaints - Chen Shu was about to arrive.

Q&A

[2014-05-14 07:22]

Your favorite virtue?

Pictures from the sky

[2014-05-14 07:22]

The transformation of shantytowns is a project that is rapidly changing the living environment of tens of millions of Chinese. Now, a unique aerial photography project has captured the destruction of one of these run-down areas.

24's return fuels hope for China's TV fans

[2014-05-14 07:22]

Diehard Chinese fans of 24, the American TV series on security agent Jack Bauer's attempts to negate violent plots against his country, are celebrating the start of a new season.

Local flavors, local friends

[2014-05-14 07:22]

Whenever I'm in a new city, I like to walk as much as I can, particularly off the beaten track - first to get my bearings, then to stumble on unexpected treasures that aren't part of the regular tourist trails. But most importantly I want to see how the people live, and maybe even have a chat.

Puppy love helps troops

[2014-05-14 07:22]

After three deployments to Iraq and three to Afghanistan, Staff Sergeant Dennis Swols is agitated, prone to bouts of anger and unable to really talk about his time on the battlefield.

New hope for bird flu patients

[2014-05-14 07:22]

Chinese scientists have identified a new biomarker for lethality in H7N9, which provides new avenues for bird flu treatment.

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