I think most parts of Japan are pretty safe

At 6:02 am on Tuesday, I was suddenly woken by my phone vibrating rapidly. Weak sunlight filtered through the curtains. I didn't immediately realize what was happening, but a siren was wailing and my first thought was that an earthquake had occurred. Small quakes occur constantly in this area.

Pedal power puts student on right track

After cycling 4,300 kilometers in 22 days, Lin Jinmin finally reached his destination, Qiqihar Medical University in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province.

Smiling pig becomes online celebrity

A smiling pig has become China's newest online celebrity after a photograph showing it being saved from flooding in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region went viral online recently.

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Shandong

Learning To Love Life Again, One Step At A Time

Irene Yu Kuk-ying, 59, has become an inspiration to many people as a result of her determination to overcome an accident that changed her life forever.

American in Beijing lives his Chinese dream

Wearing his bright red armband and speaking fluent Mandarin, from a distance 62-year-old Gao Tianrui could be taken for any regular Chinese man.

Novel way to tackle waste shows there's big bucks in bugs

For many people, cockroaches are despised pests that trigger feelings of disgust - but for Li Yanrong, the insects are a source of income.

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Controversial chimney stokes industrial heritage debate

The controversy has raged for nine years, but now it seems the fate of a landmark Beijing building has been sealed.

Curbside clothes recycling takes off

Singaporean Koh Kok Yong might have graduated from Shanghai's Fudan University with a master's degree in international relations, but his career has little to do with meeting people from other nations.

Playwright Tang Xianzu's tomb found in East China

The tomb of ancient playwright Tang Xianzu has been discovered in Jiangxi province, archaeologists announced on Monday. A cluster of tombs was discovered in Fuzhou at the end of last year, after the buildings of a plant built in the 1950s were leveled.

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