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'Old newcomers'

[2014-09-19 07:32]

Before her daughter gave birth, the farthest Chen Zhijuan had ever been from her home in Siping, a small city in Northeast China's Jilin province, was Dalian in neighboring Liaoning province, about 585 kilometers away.

We ask too much of our parents

[2014-09-19 07:32]

Zhao Wei, 39, an insurance company manager in Chengdu, Sichuan province

Respect is paramount

[2014-09-19 07:32]

My maternity leave ended when my son was 4 months old, so my parents-in-law moved from rural Heilongjiang province and came to live with us in Beijing.

Chinese entrepreneur powering up India

[2014-09-18 06:58]

For the people of India, power outages are a frequent and inconvenient fact of life, but for Chinese entrepreneurs such as Chen Zhijin, the country's problematic power grid presents huge business opportunities.

Spotlight

[2014-09-18 06:58]

Location: Gujarat is in western India, on the coast of the Arabian Sea, and shares a border with Pakistan. The state covers an area of 196,024 square km, and has a population of 60.38 million.

Indians hope to learn from China's economic boom

[2014-09-18 06:58]

When I visited the main bazaar near the New Delhi Railway Station, many of the storekeepers greeted me with a cheery ni hao ("hello" in Chinese) and invited me to peruse their goods.

General aviation hub reaches for the sky

[2014-09-17 07:07]

Until three years ago, only a few businesspeople involved in the dairy industry or the production of ceramic products had ever heard of Faku.

At a glance

[2014-09-17 07:07]

General aviation facts and figures:

Endangered species threatens livelihoods

[2014-09-16 07:04]

Cai Yansheng will never forget March 13. It was the day his wife was trampled to death by rampaging wild elephants searching for food.

Ivory trade takes its toll

[2014-09-16 07:04]

The number of elephants without tusks is rising because of the ivory trade, according to wildlife experts, although a lack of samples means there are no exact figures. Unlike African elephants, only about 50 percent of male Asian elephants have tusks, while the same percentage of females have short tusks called tushes, which don't contain pulp.

Budding businesses of the digital age

[2014-09-15 06:54]

When China was first connected to the Internet in 1994, Liu Xianran was 2.

Valuable lessons from Silicon Valley

[2014-09-15 06:54]

The 10-day trip to California's Silicon Valley was a mind-blowing experience for Liu Xianran, the 22-year-old founder of an Internet company in Beijing.

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