There are many government departments in China, both local and central, but few have a brief as unusual as the department that regulates the number of banquets local residents are allowed to host in Anshun, a city in Guizhou province, Southwest China.
Two years ago, my family of six still depended on dibao (a government poverty-alleviation program that guarantees people a minimum standard of living) to survive. Life was difficult and tiring then. But I wasn't worried about the hardships I had to endure; instead, I was concerned about the sudden rise in the number of banquets.
A man known throughout China for his uncompromising parenting style has courted controversy once again by signing his 8-year-old son up for an entrance exam to an elite university.
Owning a pair of iron gates used to be Hui Yuzhu's dream, but today the ones he owns are lying in a storeroom gathering dust.
Father Li Rongpin is a busy man. In addition to his pastoral duties, such as giving Mass several times a week and attending to the needs of his parishioners, the Roman Catholic priest has another demanding job; running a charitable foundation that received registered donations of 17 million yuan ($2.5 million) last year.
In 2004, Chen Tianzhi endured a painful struggle when he decided to leave the priesthood to pursue a degree in psychology.
There is little to distinguish the Jinde Old Age Home from other facilities of the same type in Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei province. The only noticeable difference is that a Catholic Mass is celebrated every evening and the home is managed by a nun.
Lawyers and legal experts are calling on the government to expand the provision of legal aid to a larger number of defendants and provide better funding to encourage more lawyers to accept criminal defense cases.
Liu Wenyuan, 77, a criminal lawyer at the Shangquan Law Firm in Beijing, was one of the first people to graduate in law after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Sun Changsong, 65, a farmer from Shenyang, Liaoning province, was released from prison in July after spending five years in jail as a result of a flawed conviction.
In days gone by, the villagers of Laodabao in mountainous Lancang county, Yunnan province, would play the guitar and sing to each other as a way to relax. Nowadays, their shared hobby has put them on the path to prosperity.
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