Phone booths in Beijing have been painted to resemble Baymax, the robot star of the Disney animated film Big Hero 6, by a group that wishes to draw attention to what was once an essential means of communication.
Michael Lindsay arrived in China in 1938 intending merely to teach Keynesian economics. Instead, he was inspired to play a crucial role in the country's resistance against the invading Japanese forces.
When Abbot Shi Yongxin attended a meeting in early March during the annual session of the National People's Congress, a man came to his desk with two envelopes and asked for his signature on them as a souvenir.
Despite a setback-plagued career hampered by injury, former Olympic champion hurdler Liu Xiang, who is reportedly ready to retire on Tuesday, remains a groundbreaking figure for Chinese sports.
A major case involving paying bribes to pass driving tests has brought corruption in the country's vehicle management departments into the public spotlight.
Oriental Gate, a landmark building in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, that has been widely ridiculed for its unconventional underpants shape, is finally nearing completion after more than a decade of construction.
As the mobile communication service WeChat becomes a must-have application on smartphones, the People's Liberation Army is urging wives of its service members to keep secrets from it.
New statistics show that about 2,100 police officers died while on duty over the past five years.
China has joined the elite humanitarian club of countries that are able to bring non-nationals to safety from danger zones, after evacuating hundreds of Chinese citizens and foreigners from war-torn Yemen.
Pictures of foreign children waving Chinese flags and kissing Chinese sailors on the cheek as they were taken to safety on board a warship have appeared online amid global acclaim for the country's growing humanitarian role.
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