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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.

Looking for life after glory of victory

[2014-02-13 07:10]

Yang Yang knows how it feels to be bathed in glory. She is the first Chinese athlete to stand on the champions podium at the Winter Olympics, winning two gold medals, two silvers and one bronze for short-track speedskating between 1998 and 2006.

Dongguan bids to clean up its act - again

[2014-02-12 07:01]

On a chilly Monday afternoon, Wang Dandan walked idly around the Yuanfeng Hotel in Zhongtang, a township in Dongguan, Guangdong province, where she worked for just one month at the end of last year.

Prostitution around the world

[2014-02-12 07:01]

A 2009 research report, 100 Countries and Their Prostitution Policies, lists attitudes worldwide toward commercial sex.

A city that thrives on border trade

[2014-02-11 07:46]

After paying the princely sum of 5 yuan (80 cents), a group of tourists lined up to take a peek at the Democratic People's Republic of Korea through telescopes set up on the banks of the Yalu River in the northeastern Chinese city of Dandong.

Games bid to boost winter sports

[2014-02-10 08:02]

It is not the winning but the taking part that counts.

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