Standing less than 1.5 meters tall and weighing under 40 kg, Li Guoqiong might not come across as a strong woman.
During my trip to the Lushan earthquake zone, I was amazed to discover that the area resembles a gigantic fruit garden at this time of year.
Even though it was a Wednesday evening, two tables of diners were enjoying their food at the courtyard restaurant owned by Luo Guilin, a 45-year-old Tibetan resident of Xinchang, a village in Anshun Yi township, Shimian county, Sichuan province.
Efforts to help residents of Lushan in Sichuan province rebuild their homes, construct new ones and restore the region after an earthquake two years ago are nearly complete.
Members of the International Monetary Fund are frustrated by the long-delayed 2010 quota reforms and urge quicker passage, Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People's Bank of China, said on the sidelines of the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings over the weekend.
Vincent H. Yu, a licensed physician in New York state, is thinking about setting up his own healthcare company in China.
Cooperation on energy, infrastructure and cultural exchanges will result from President Xi Jinping's state visit to Pakistan on Monday and Tuesday, according to Masood Khalid, Pakistan's ambassador to China.
Thirty-two-year-old Manzoor Hussian has never been to China, but the country and its people have featured prominently in the lives of ordinary Pakistanis. It plays a part in his earliest memories.
The Chinese section of a cross-river railway bridge linking the country with Russia will be completed by the end of this year, according to project managers.
In China, where hospital childbirth is virtually universal, a growing number of Tibetan mothers-to-be are turning to natural birth centers as an alternative where they can access modern medical services while preserving their cultural traditions.
After nearly 29 years and 9 million riders, the capital's sole Ferris wheel will retire on April 30, and will be later replaced by a bigger and more modern one, Beijing Shijingshan Amusement Park announced on Sunday.
A southeasterly cold front will chill central and south China with temperature drops of up to 8 C, the National Meteorological Center forecast on Sunday.
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