Village artisans struggle to keep boat building tradition afloat

Shangjiao village was bustling with the noise of drilling and hammering in the week before the Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu Jie, which falls on June 9 this year as the makers of boats put the finishing touches to them ahead of the racing season.

Fighting discrimination from a young age

When I watched the controversial video of a black man being shoved into a washing machine by a Chinese woman before emerging as a light-skinned Chinese man, I wondered what my 7-year-old son would think if he saw it.

This Day, That Year

Item from June 8,1999, in China Daily: A girl poses in front of a Chinese-made miniature airplane outside a Beijing shopping center. ... The display was aimed at attracting flying enthusiasts. Many people, who have become wealthier under recent economic reforms, have a passion for such aircraft.

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Some students choose to skip the National Higher Education Entrance Examination, or gaokao, which is a prerequisite for college entrance in China.

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Reservoir level lowered to keep flooding at bay

Water behind the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang, Hubei province, will be drained to a historic low before Friday as part of a plan to minimize the risk of flooding in the Yangtze River during the coming wet season.

Testing time: Four gaokao vignettes

Some interesting and touching incidents took place in and out of examination halls as the national college entrance exam unfolded on Tuesday and Wednesday, Zhao Xinying reports.

Search for missing assisted by robot

A robot being used in recovery operations found the body of a female on Tuesday at the site of a boating accident in the Lizhou district of Guangyuan, Sichuan province, bringing the number of confirmed dead to three.

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Counseling makes big difference in breakups

One year after she first volunteered her services as a psychologist to help mediate domestic cases at the Sanming Intermediate People's Court in Fujian province, Mao Feizhu, 41, shared her insights about families, love and her profession.

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