Ice hockey remains a niche sport at the elite level in China despite public enthusiasm for Beijing's bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, but increasing youth participation bodes well for the future, according to insiders.
The China Pavilion is one of the most exciting ones at Expo Milano 2015, Expo Commissioner of the Italian Government Giuseppe Sala said on Saturday.
They are extremely secretive birds. Smaller than a sparrow, they normally stay in dense cover, creep effortlessly through thick vegetation and are capable of running quickly on the ground.
Even though he spent seven years training at vet school, Zhou Quan still faced a steep learning curve when he started his professional career. The problem wasn't a lack of clinic knowledge or technical proficiency, but the treatment of animals used in laboratory tests, and the respect, or lack of it, shown to them.
Anyone who accidentally walks into the two bungalows at the corner of Moon Lake Park in Wuhan will have their breath taken away by the huge array of colorful butterfly specimens that adorn the walls.
With the cities of Macao and Hong Kong next door, and the industrial hubs of Guangzhou and Shenzhen just an hour away by public transport, Zhuhai has grown from a village to a bustling metropolis.
The world was stunned when Chinese luxury-restaurant chain Cloud Live Technology Group Co said it was short of 240.6 million yuan ($38.8 million) needed to pay back the 400 million yuan of debt it incurred three years ago.
The recent discovery of a previously unrecognized species of macaque in the Tibet autonomous region is based on 738 photos mainly taken by camera traps in bio-diverse, yet poorly studied, forests in the southeast of the Tibet autonomous region.
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.
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.
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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