Every afternoon, Cao Fuchun goes to a nearby express delivery station to see if any parcels have arrived for him. The retired worker has caught the "overseas" bug.
Peng Liyuan is more than simply China's first lady.
1. Deng Yingchao (right), wife of premier Zhou Enlai, and Wang Guangmei (second from left), wife of president Liu Shaoqi, pose with Norodom Monineath Sihanouk, wife of the king of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk in 1962.
Running is simple. If you can walk, you can run. Running is inclusive. It is a sport for anyone, at any age and from any profession. It does not require a lot of monetary inputs. All you need is a pair of running shoes, and a willingness to find a little more meaning in your life to make it colorful.
The Guinness Book of Records is 60-years-old: what an achievement. It makes sense, therefore, to celebrate by pouring through the many strange achievements recorded in its pages. Here we discover 15 of the weirdest cultural records held by humans and animals alike.
For James Bond the phrase "You Only Live Twice" has proved a serious underestimate: Anthony Horowitz is the eighth author to have resuscitated 007 since Ian Fleming's death.
Chinese airlines are rolling out services to allow passengers to access the Internet, but concerns remain over pricing and network speeds
For music lovers, Beijing has too many choices, from high-brow classical to underground music. But if you want to watch a ping-pong game accompanied by a concerto, you'd better attend this year's Beijing Music Festival.
Most of them dropped out of high school because of poverty. They were farmers before changing, ahem, their profession. They have appeared on TV and performed at various galas. To top it all, they have also performed on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala, the most-watched Chinese TV show. And, of course, they have made millions of people laugh. Meet the exponents of errenzhuan, a popular folk art form of Northeast China that involves singing and dancing, and is known for its humorous, improvisational and populist jokes.
Actor He Shan is a big fan of Woody Allen. He has what one can call a small collection of his movies, music and theater works. In 2013, He read a book, which had Chinese translations of three of Allen's one-act plays, Riverside Driver, Old Saybrook and Central Part West. As an acting major at the National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts, he was impressed by the humorous, insightful plays with typical New Yorkers as characters.
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc, the United States-based multinational financial services corporation, said on Tuesday it remained confident on the listing business, despite growing concerns about prospects dulling for initial public offerings globally amid uncertain market conditions.
Stock prices fell on Tuesday with trading volumes nosediving as slumping global commodity prices and growth concerns prompted heavy sell-offs.
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