SHENYANG - Families across China prepared glutinous rice balls to celebrate Lantern Festival, known as Yuanxiao in Chinese, the last day of the two-week Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations.
Beijing has experienced virtually no precipitation for more than 130 days, and the situation is expected to continue until at least March 16, according to the China Meteorological Administration.
Chris Whittle, a 70-year-old veteran education entrepreneur, has not spent his life resting on his laurels, but instead has built a career based on passion and vitality, which has culminated in the establishment of the world's first "global school".
The man chosen to design the Whittle School & Studios campuses - renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano, whose works include The Shard in London and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris - has a special vision for the new schools.
When Peter Lam arrived home one morning in October after a brief breakfast outing, he realized something was wrong. He knocked on the door of his mother's room, but there was no response. He knocked again, but she still didn't answer.
Yu Shiyao's charitable aspirations have been fulfilled years ahead of schedule because of a chance sighting on social media.
February nights on the prairie in Angsu village are piercingly cold, but herder Bixirlt does not mind. Rather than getting up several times to check on his sheep, he just turns over in bed and uses his smartphone to check.
Wei Jianguo woke up surrounded by a sea of travelers, like he does most days. His face was flushed red from heavy drinking the night before, and he had no idea what time of day it was.
For several months, Li Jia took care of her mother who was hospitalized in the final stages of cancer. Cooking soup in a communal kitchen gave Li a few moments of relative peace and normality.
The rising number of new cancer cases and deaths in China during the past decade is placing a greater burden on medical researchers.
Since it opened in March last year, China's first hospice for people with terminal cancer has provided professional care and a relatively peaceful end to life for about 100 patients.
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