Dragon Boat Festival, which comes on May 5 on the lunar calendar - June 9 this year on the Western calendar - is a traditional festival in China to commemorate the ancient poet Qu Yuan, who committed suicide out of love for his country. Traditionally, people eat Chinese rice pudding and hold dragon boat races in the poet's honor.
Dragon boat racing, an important folk culture activity especially during Duanwu Jie - the traditional Chinese Dragon Boat Festival - is becoming increasingly popular among non-Chinese people because of the way it inspires teamwork and the profound history and culture behind the activity.
Some children's drugs that have been used in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan for years will be put on a fast track for importation, China's top health authority said on Wednesday.
A mother who was caught stealing a fried chicken drumstick and a storybook as a gift for her sick daughter on International Children's Day has ended up warming the hearts of the public.
Improvement seen in air and water, but many cities still failed to meet standards
A woman who was wrongfully jailed for about 13 years is seeking state compensation of nearly 10 million yuan ($1.5 million).
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.
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.
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.
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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