A primary school teacher from one of China's poorest mountain regions,
Until last week, leukemia survivor Fengfeng (not his real name) knew almost nothing about the person who saved his life 13 years ago. Holding a bouquet of flowers, Fengfeng spotted a woman in her 40s. He rushed to her and hugged her. He sensed this was the person he had been waiting for.
Since market reforms were initiated in 1978, China has moved from a centrally planned economy to one based on market forces.
On a Friday afternoon this month, Chen Shilei finished her work quickly and rushed to the fourth floor of a shopping mall in Beijing's Shijingshan district. Her 5-year-old son, Wu Zijing, was participating in a stage performance at the conclusion of a five-day drama camp.
Peibai village looks no different from many other hamlets in North China. Rows of redbrick courtyards lie neatly in square formations, surrounded by plots of farmland resembling plaid.
He Liping, 52, has been working as a Great Wall watchman for five years in Yumen in Northwest China's Gansu province. Every two weeks, he rides his motorcycle around the Great Wall ruins, more than 20 kilometers from his home in Huahai town.
On Aug 15, 1945, Dick Whitaker, a member of the Sixth Marine Division of the United States Marine Corps, was on the island of Guam when he heard of the Japanese surrender.
Esther Snader, a retired foreign teacher, said it was hard to leave the Chinese university she had taught at for more than 19 years, but that leaving her more than 1,200 books to the students was an easy decision.
A high school graduate has regained consciousness 10 days after falling into a coma, thanks to a series of good will messages recorded by his friends.
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