Left-behind girls face higher risks

Compared with their peers, girls left behind by their parents in rural areas are at high risk, according to a new report.

Nation to lift 50m out of rural poverty in five years

The top leadership of the Communist Party of China pledged on Monday to increase its efforts to eliminate poverty in rural areas and defeat regional poverty by 2020.

China's 400b yuan plastic surgery industry set to become world's 3rd largest

China's cosmetic surgery industry will be valued at 400 billion yuan ($62.6 billion) by the end of this year and is expected to double in size to 800 billion yuan by 2019.

Going against the flow?

Nearly a year has passed since China's arid northern regions began receiving water channeled from the south via a network of pipes and aqueducts stretching more than 1,400 kilometers.

Villagers make light of 'sacrifices'

On the way to Hualiba village, I watched a 45-minute documentary made by China Central Television last year about the people who had been relocated.

One-legged marathon runner inspires many

It's a serious challenge for a fully able-bodied person to finish a marathon. Doing it on one leg goes beyond the remarkable and enters the realm of amazing.

Around China

Sichuan

Massive telescope's 30-ton 'retina' undergoes final test

Scientists carried out the last step in testing a key component of China's gigantic radio telescope on Saturday. After its scheduled completion in September, it will be the largest such telescope in the world.

In quiet Guizhou, big dish can listen

Mankind started watching the sky with telescopes since Galileo Galilei some 400 years ago.

Region blanketed by heavy snow

Key expressways were closed and flights were canceled over safety concerns on Sunday, as a wide area of northern China was hit by a snowstorm that disrupted transportation.

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Tech companies adjust focus to recapture growth

Amid downward pressure on China's economic growth, traditional companies in Beijing's high-tech zone are seeking higher profitability by changing their focus to an Internet-oriented model and adopting high-end manufacturing.