Every Friday morning, a dozen parents with hearing-impaired children gather to learn sign language at a workshop in Southwest China's Guizhou province.
En route to Shapotou, there is not much to see except an endless sea of sand. The district, in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, is located where the Yellow River meets the Tengger Desert. For more than five decades researchers have been coming here to fight desertification. Li Xinrong is one of them.
Wang Liangzhen begins by tying a knot around the mule's neck and binding its four legs with a rope, clamping its upper lip with a pair of pliers. Then he starts to work on its feet. Wang is a farrier - a pedicurist, of sorts, whose clients are horses, mules, donkeys and sheep.
It seems impossible these days to escape the Great London Smog.
US President Barack Obama's tenure will end next month, leaving behind eight years of roller-coaster China-US ties.
An airline recently told a man that his autistic son would not be allowed to board a flight with him because "the boy's behavior was odd" as he was reportedly seen yelling and frenetically walking back and forth in the busy airport. The incident sparked an online debate, with some netizens supporting the airline's decision, because they believed the 13-year-old boy's behavior was troubling other passengers. Another group contends that the airline's ground staff's decision was arbitrary, especially because they didn't provide the necessary help to the boy who did no one any harm.
Every December, Chinese leaders hold a meeting to chart the economy's course for the year ahead. The meeting, called the Central Economic Work Conference, was held Wednesday through Friday in Beijing this year.
Hu Jihua's business model - a village cooperative that sells farm produce and local delicacies - is constantly being challenged.
High school student Li Chuling brushes her long hair into a ponytail before she leaves for school every morning. It takes time, but she enjoys it. "Every girl likes to be well groomed," she said.
Last month, Beijing played host to a concert that was literally unmissable, both for the performers and the audience, who are all drug addicts residing at the Compulsory Rehabilitation Center in the capital. The show was part of efforts to shift the emphasis of addiction treatment from punishment to rehabilitation.
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