Zhang Zhuo says whenever she attends a friend or relative's wedding, she adores the bride's makeup and dress. Like most girls, she loves beauty. But the junior college student from a poor family in Hongdou village, Shifang city in Sichuan province, could not afford expensive cosmetics. Every morning, she simply paints her lips and eye brows facing a small mirror in her dorm at Polus International College, at suburban Chengdu.
The ancient city of Jiaohe had archaeologists stumped. Why were the older relics found near the Earth's surface, while more recent artifacts were buried far below? Yu Fei of China Features explores the city that went underground.
Career success is defined mostly by compensation: Recruitment survey
The Chinese younger generation, growing up at a time when the economy is more open than in their parents' day, has a more entrepreneurial spirit.
A photo taken 22 years ago made ripples in the tranquil life of Chen Xiaolu in Dalian.
One of Guo Yili's favorite things was walking around Lhasa, capital city of the Tibet autonomous region, where he had served as a soldier and then commander of the People's Armed Police Forces in Tibet for 38 years.
It's been a blockbuster year for the leading names of Chinese literature. But if one trend has made 2013 a milestone in the world of books, says veteran literary critic Meng Fanhua, it is a shift in Chinese literary writing away from the traditional focus on rural life.
Many fashion brands are struggling to find that quality that will make them stand out in what has become a monotonous and crowded retail environment. Some look to heritage, others to craftsmanship. Some feature exotic locations with every campaign.
In the 17th century, Chinese playwright Tang Xianzu, often called the "Oriental Shakespeare", wrote the romantic love story The Peony Pavilion.
Someone in Beijing says its smog is so dense he cannot see the Chairman Mao portrait at the Tian'anmen Rostrum. Another counters: "You call that dense? I cannot see the Chairman Mao image on my bank note."
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