A man nearly slit the throat of a woman on a bus during the morning rush hour on Monday in Beijing's Tongzhou district after the latter slapped him for "touching her inappropriately". The incident was just one of the many cases of sexual harassment in recent times, which have seriously hurt the victims' legal rights and interests, shaken the people's sense of security, and broken the normal social order.
The government of the Republic of Korea has offered to talk with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to ease animosities along the military demarcation line and resume the reunions of families separated by the Korean War (1950-53). If the talks were to happen they would be the first between the two sides since December 2015.
The distinguished American physicist Richard Feynman once said that if you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't. The science behind the laws that govern the sub-atomic world has evolved over more than a century, revealing that the smallest particles behave outside the realm of classical physics.
Instrument makers dance to a traditional tune
Aniwar Ali's house sits on the edge of a 40-meter-high loess platform overlooking the Tuman River in Kashgar city, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
Ngawang Sogdoi, a 34-year-old monk in the Tibet autonomous region, is the most anxious he has ever been. On Monday, Ngawang,
Around 20,000 seats in the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles are taking a pounding from crazy fans. Four huge screens are erected on the stage like a crystal cube with one of the world's highest-paid DJs in the center. The screens light up with animated unearthly creatures and the crowd goes wild.
Every time a team member calls her "Mother Coach", Zhang Jie gets a warm feeling inside.
Feng Liming, 37, is a retired soldier, but he often dresses like a woman when he is in public. He always carries a wig, a pair of sunglasses and a blouse with him so he can disguise himself to catch pickpockets.
Editor's note: In the run-up to the 19th Communist Party of China National Congress,
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