Yunnan province received more tourists but also more complaints during this year's Golden Week - the National Day holiday that lasts seven days, according to undercover investigations conducted by authorities that also showed travel agencies and shops made illegitimate profits by forcing tourists to buy overpriced souvenirs.
Scandals over prawns and bars at tourist sites sparked a consumer rights furor during Golden Week, with industry insiders warning that poor tourism service at home would push tourists to travel overseas.
Thrill-seeking tourists in Jiaozuo, Henan province, got more than they bargained for when cracks appeared in a glass-bottom walkway suspended 1,080 meters over a canyon, reports said.
Tsinghua University overtook the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to become the world's No 1 university for engineering research, according to the newly published 2016 Best Global Universities Rankings by US News and World Report.
A Chinese Navy destroyer, a frigate and a supply vessel entered Poland's naval port in Gdynia on Wednesday.
The ubiquitous spread of mobile Internet technology, including online banking and social media apps, is reshaping the philanthropic sector in China. While the public's enthusiasm to donate has been greatly boosted, whether charitable money flows to the right place remains a question.
China has successfully launched three cube satellites, or CubeSats, that are expected to help track civil aircraft and ships to avoid tragedies like the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
Huang Wankang and his family took a pleasant holiday trip on a new high-speed rail line linking two cities in Northeast China's Jilin province.
Work on building China's first high-speed train station with a sea view will begin early next year in Qingdao, in East China's Shandong province, according to officials.
Sit down in any restaurant in any Chinatown in a Western country and it's a fair bet that if you are not ethnically Chinese or don't speak reasonable Mandarin you will be offered the "regular menu", featuring localized versions of favorites such as sweet and sour chicken and other adapted dishes.
HOT POT is a traditional spicy dish that originated in the southwestern province of Sichuan.
The clear water, soft sand and extensive coral beds around Sanya Bay's West Islet are a natural tourist attraction, buoyed by fishing, sailing and diving that capitalize on a richly diverse undersea world.
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