Beijing college students are never too busy to go online

Surfing the Web, hanging out with friends and sleeping are the most important extracurricular activities for a typical Chinese university student in Beijing, a recent survey found.

Chinese ambassador first to offer aid

Wu Chuntai, the Chinese ambassador to Nepal, was the first foreign diplomat to walk into the Nepali central government after Saturday's earthquake. Only one hour had passed, and the building was nearly empty and in darkness.

'Toilet revolution' flush with success

Every day toilet cleaners at the Shapotou desert scenic zone in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region have to clean not only the regular toilet cubicles but also ones specially designed for Muslims.

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Taking the new Silk Road to a better class of healthcare

After undergoing surgery for breast cancer at a hospital in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Assem, from Kazakhstan, said she was confident of making a full recovery.

Walkers get healthy as kilometers multiply

In 2002, when Jin Qiao set up Beijing Daily Hiking Center, one of the first non-governmental organizations in China to promote outdoor activities, hiking was far from the popular activity in Beijing it is today.

Natural beauty and clean air rule for hikers at mountain festival

Want to get away from Beijing's traditional tourist attractions and do something different? Then why not try the Beijing International Mountain Walking Festival, an increasingly popular choice among those who like to take a break from the frenzied pace of big-city life.

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Remote towns in Tibet remain cut off from help

The death toll in the Tibet autonomous region in the magnitude-7.9 earthquake in Nepal on Saturday rose to 25 on Tuesday evening. Four people were still missing, and 383 people were injured. Eighty-two temples were damaged.

Rescuers race against time to save survivors

With the golden 72 hours for rescue running out, Chinese search and rescue teams raced against time on Tuesday to save more people from the earthquake debris in Nepal.

'We're helping others whose food was buried under debris'

The magnitude-7.9 quake that struck Nepal on Saturday rippled outward over the Chinese border and damaged many villagers' homes in Nyanang county in the Tibet autonomous region, including Dargyeling - population 213.

Assistance reaches Chinese in Nepal

China is pushing hard to rescue more than 250 Chinese workers trapped at a hydropower station near a quake-hit area of Nepal, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.