Zhu Guohua's latest, and proudest, achievement is helping a 71-year-old grandmother climb to the base camp at Qomolangma, the world's highest mountain, known in the West as Mount Everest.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet autonomous region and the beginning of the modern age for people from the Tibetan ethnic group in China's western highlands.
In the past 53 years, Pasang Tsering's life has twice been changed by the lush forests that surround his home, but in very different ways.
China has seen a steady decline in environmental emergencies since 2011, even though they are still frequent, the national watchdog said on Wednesday.
Cellphone users with early-warning software for earthquakes were notified on Monday afternoon that a magnitude-6.0 quake had occurred in Beichuan, Sichuan province.
Chinese air travelers frequently ignore warnings to buckle their seat belts, even during takeoff and landing, and when turbulence is anticipated, aviation safety experts said.
Foxconn confirmed on Wednesday that two of its plant employees died last week in Zhengzhou, Henan province.
China plans to spend an additional 5 billion yuan ($783 million) to renovate substandard rural housing in earthquake-prone areas, the Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday.
During the last century, the northeast was one of the first regions in China to embrace industrialization.
A stretch of road 4.4 kilometers long and running above the Three Gorges Reservoir area opened on Sunday, with the management authority pledging strict restrictions on vehicles in a bid to prevent the water becoming polluted.
Mengke Bateer, the first Chinese player on an NBA championship-winning team, is retiring from basketball.
The biggest urban apartment complex project in Xi'an, with a projected cost 11 billion yuan ($1.74 billion), has stopped selling homes after a two-year construction delay.
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