Television channels in China have been exploring new show formats to boost viewership, but many do not know their target audience.
As an actress, Yao Chen adores Angelina Jolie.They have some things in common, like the signature big mouth, and they are now both goodwill ambassadors of United Nations' agency for refugees. On Oct 23 this year, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres presented Yao the certificate of appointment, thanking her for devoting herself to three years of work as UNHCR's honorary patron. "I'm very happy to have someone like you supporting the cause of refugees," he said. "Public awareness of UNHCR in China has multiplied." Before she became the first goodwill ambassador in China for the agency, the 34-year-old actress had visited urban refugees in the Philippines, refugees from Myanmar in Thailand's camps and Somali refugees in Ethiopia's camps as UNHCR's honorary patron. The visits totally refreshed her understanding of the common word "refugee".
If you could talk to a late master in your field, who would you like to talk to and why?
She did not become an A-lister overnight. Before My Own Swordsmen (a TV series starring Yao in 2006) made her a household name, she even thought of giving up her acting career. She is fearless because she had planned for the worst.
Award-winning director Fan Lixin's documentaries trace the changes in Chinese society. Xu Lin finds out his motivations and dreams.
More Chinese migrant workers have opted to bring their children to the city for quality education, rather than leaving them behind in the countryside.
More children are being diagnosed with autism, prompting the establishment of a new research center in Shanghai and more efforts to detect the disorder in infants. Wang Hongyi reports in Shanghai.
Had there be enough medications and treatment when he was young, 42-year-old Guan Tao would not have had deformed legs because of hemophilia, an inherited blood disorder.
Bao Huiling, a senior pediatrician with Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing, is occasionally questioned by parents when they read "this drug hasn't been clinically tested for children under 16" in the users' guides of drugs she has prescribed.
American jazz singer Bob Bellows is delighted to spend the rest of his career in China, but his retirement won't be the end of his musical legacy. It will live on in his 13-year-old visually impaired piano student Deng Peitong.
If you are a Chinese high school student, don't worry when a fellow student of the opposite sex asks you to stay at arm's length. It doesn't mean they hate you - he or she may only want you to avoid punishment.
Wang Wei was close to death in 2008, but thanks to a chance encounter with a top doctor, the 26-year-old is now living a life she never dared hope possible. Liu Zhihua reports.
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