Helping rural teachers can help reduce drop-outs

IT IS NOT UNCOMMON for children from Guizhou province and other parts of Southwest China to work at small workshops in coastal provinces such as Jiangsu province, an economic engine in the Yangtze River Delta. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Thursday:

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'PINK ECONOMY' set to soar as companies target LGBT community

Zhu Qiming, CEO of mobile game developer Star-G Technologies, foresees rosy prospects for China's emerging "pink economy", a new business model that caters mainly to the lifestyles and demands of the LGBT community.

All the effort and loss has been worthwhile

I'm gay, and when my son was born 10 months ago, I decided to live in the closet for my entire life.

A life dedicated to writing

Li Jian, a 52-year-old migrant worker in Xian, Shaanxi province, has not let poverty and hardship deter him from pursuing his dream of becoming a writer.

Academy channels mothers' love

For Song Wenwen, a 35-year-old farmer in rural Qufu, East China's Shandong province, nothing beats the classes she takes at the Nishan Mother's Love Academy.

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Hukou reform creates level playing field

Editor's note: This is the second in a series of special reports looking at the effects of the hukou, the household registration system, on the lives of ordinary citizens who have left their homes to work in other areas and regions. More reports will follow in the weeks to come.

Rural residents remain reluctant to register in cities

Dong Aibing works in Taiyuan, capital of North China's Shanxi province, but he was born in a village called Daijiabao near the city.

Founder aims to create model disaster relief NGO

With financial support from China Railway Pearl Investment Group, Xue Yu founded Pearl Humanitarian Rescue in 2015.

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Enjoying the sweet smell of success

The growing interest in Tibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese has presented a unique business opportunity for Dawa Phuntsok, who is the major shareholder in a factory that makes Tibetan incense in Nyingchi, a prefecture-level city in the Tibet autonomous region.