As Singles Day rolls around once again, some young people are employing extreme measures to resist family pressure to marry in haste. Zhang Yu reports from Shijiazhuang.
Song Qingjia, a psychologist who has worked extensively in Beijing and Hebei province
While the accomplishments of China's microsatellite industry have recently been overshadowed by the success of the nation's manned space program, the sector has developed so rapidly that the cost of providing commercial services has fallen to a level where the use of small satellites is now within the range of private companies.
The boom in affordable commercial microsatellites has stirred concerns about the amount of debris left floating in space.
Five Chinese-made microsatellites will be sent into space in the near future as part of a proposed international network of 50 satellites that will study the lower thermosphere, a layer of the Earth's atmosphere.
As the capital's population grows the city government is facing a growing challenge arising from the application of the household registration system. Du Juan reports.
In August, the Beijing government published a new policy that allows people who meet certain criteria to apply for hukou in the city.
Gu Ying's biggest regret in life is wasting 20 of her best years submerged in a whirlpool of heroin abuse.
Wielding a pair of scissors, Song Baoshu looks like a magician, swiftly snipping a piece of paper into a work of art.
Liu Min lay on the bed quietly, looking at her newborn second son. Despite her joy, she felt a sense of loss - because she had failed to have a daughter.
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