Ma Li brushes a layer of ink on a woodblock engraved with 324 Chinese characters, before spreading a sheet of paper over it and rubbing it with a dry brush.
Migrant workers engaged mainly in manual jobs earned 3,072 yuan ($460) a month on average in 2015, about 3.5 times their income 10 years ago, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. During the same period, the average monthly salary of college graduates increased from 1,588 yuan to 3,726 yuan.
Producing genuine tears on demand is one of the hardest parts of my job as an actress. Acting teachers will tell you that in order to cry on screen you need to summon up something personal - a fear, an inner secret, a sad experience - that taps into your deepest emotions.
China's first Charity Law came into effect on Sept 1. As a Canadian and a charity lawyer working internationally, I was involved in the legislative process for over 10 years.
The securities regulator recently issued a policy that will shorten the listing process of companies from China's western and other less-developed regions. Although the move is aimed at facilitating the development of the less-developed regions, it has sparked a heated debate among experts and ordinary stock investors.
Experts are calling on the government to urgently to formulate solutions to urban planning problems, as concerns rise about the lack of infrastructure construction and policy support given to new suburban districts and townships.
When I bought my small apartment in Chongqing's University City in 2013, people told me the area was going to be one of the most-populous sites because the government had invested 30 billion yuan ($4.5 billion) as part of a plan to attract 15 universities and 500,000 people.
Sha Tin New Town in Hong Kong is a good example of how urban planners can achieve balanced, environmentally friendly growth via a long-term program for industrial development and an affordable public transportation network.
Age 87, veteran soldier Zhu Wenbin felt it was a matter of urgency that he revisited the battlefields where he fought for New China.
It was 5:30 am on a summer morning when Qian Zhengcang, 51, climbed a mountain slope to survey his 0.13 hectares of cornfields in Dongsi village, Yunxi county, Hubei province. His heart sank when he saw patches of dried corn straws and realized the summer drought had destroyed most of his crops.
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