Yangshuo, the only county in China with a mature climbing industry, owes its fame as climbers' paradise to two visitors from the United States.
Liu Yongbang often reminds people of Brendan Fraser, star of the movie George of the Jungle - long, curly hair, well-developed muscles and a cute smile. The only difference is that Liu doesn't dangle in the jungle, but off crags.
They stood silently on both sides of the main road, holding flowers, some with tears in their eyes.
China's sports governing body has announced a $30 million program to develop the country's less-popular winter events.
Most of China's first group of doctors specifically trained for work in rural areas have been assigned to hospitals and clinics in the country's less-developed regions, health and education officials said on Wednesday.
Zhangjiakou in the northwest of Hebei province has been approved as the country's first renewable energy pilot zone, an initiative that could also help Beijing resolve its air pollution problem.
Billions of yuan have been retrieved from corrupt officials since a sweeping anti-graft campaign began in late 2012.
Cheng Lianyuan, 53, former Party chief in Beijing's Chaoyang district, has been appointed the Party chief in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, China News Service reported on Wednesday.
Editor's Note: This is the seventh in a series of special reports about the experiences of foreigners who either lived or served in China between 1937 and 1945.
China's quality watchdog has started a campaign to ensure the safety of escalators after a mother in Hubei province was killed on an escalator at a department store after pushing her son to safety.
A court has sentenced the head of a Taiwan company to 20 years in prison for his role in a "gutter oil" scandal that gripped the island's food industry and brought down a senior official.
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