Paper cutouts honor China's Olympic idols

Every morning for two years, Deng Rongrong woke at 7 am to begin another day's work on her "heroes" - 108 cut paper portraits of Chinese table tennis champions.

Women married to gay men struggle to break free in an unsympathetic system

She has no regrets, but for Qing Feng divorcing her husband - a gay man - and losing her son and money, was no easy process. Qing, from Guizhou province, ended her sexless, loveless marriage months ago, after an arduous negotiation with the man who had constantly belittled her throughout their 13-year relationship.

Trite, right and bright spots of Rio 2016

I thought the Olympic Games, no matter their venue, are meant to be sellout events. On second thought, triggered by Rio's half-empty stands, I think the world has changed.

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A report suggests more than 90 percent of Chinese shoppers take an item's country of origin into consideration before buying it. Some are price conscious, though.

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Lawmakers from ROK seek solution

The controversy surrounding the China visit of six lawmakers from the Republic of Korea demonstrates split opinion and the opposition ROK President Park Geun-hye faces in her decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system.

Envoy rebuffs Diaoyu accusations

The Chinese ambassador to Japan on Tuesday rebuffed Tokyo's protests over the presence of Chinese ships around the Diaoyu Islands.

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Silence gives way to sound with cochlear implants

China's first recipient of a cochlear implant to restore hearing in 1995 remembers the experience as an adventure that was "totally worth it".

Low inflation marks weak growth

Factory prices fall 1.7 percent from a year ago; expert calls for further monetary policy support

Robotics experts needed in shifting economy

Month after month, the national economic reports show basically the same growth rate. Nothing seems to have changed.