Xiong Qinghua is considered a "weirdo" in his native Changhe village, near the city of Xiantao in Central China's Hubei province.
It looks like smoke billowing from a high-rise at first.
Who would have thought that the biggest Chinese star to emerge from Rio 2016 is not one of the world's fastest or otherwise most competitive. But Fu Yuanhui is in a league of her own.
In the past year, some visitors to the National Center for the Performing Arts have been puzzled over program schedules that list five venues, because they could only find four of them inside the giant egg-shaped structure in Beijing.
The current heat wave in Shanghai has brought more than just scorching temperatures to the city, with residents also hit by a wave of nostalgia as they reminisce about how they survived a similar situation in 1934.
By noon on Tuesday, his first working day of the week as Monday is the day off for his shop - the Nanjing Hair Salon in Shanghai - the 56-year-old Chen Mingxing has cut the hair of about a dozen people.
Seven-year-old Noahn Leitier threw a ball over the net excitedly as he tried volleyball for the first time at a new training center in a Rio de Janeiro favela.
When seconds count, the right clothing matters.
Zheng Shiyuan regards Guo Boxin as her family's savior. The 77-year-old resident of Weihai, Shandong province, was diagnosed with coronary heart disease in 2006. Doctors then suggested she undergo an operation to implant two heart stents.
Is the condom, which is widely used to prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, as safe and useful as believed?
The meat-lover in your family may still dismiss salads as "rabbit food", but their wholesome goodness offers something for everyone. Beijing chef Camila Betin of Factory says her favorite summer fruits allow her to create "a great combination of sweet, acid and nutty flavors that are fabulous for a light summer lunch".
Restaurant-goers usually pay hundreds of euros to eat the creations of Massimo Bottura, but he is serving poor Brazilians for free at the Olympics.
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