Despite living and working in China for a decade, Andrew Moody's ability to speak Mandarin is still at a basic level. Yet that has not stopped the award-winning journalist from interpreting China's story for the world.
For 20 years, Liu Xin has had a singular goal: to build a bridge of understanding between China and the outside world.
In most suburbs of Beijing, the word "skyrocket" is usually used to describe the soaring price of property that has resulted from China's rapid urbanization and the thriving real estate market.
Jing Haipeng, 51, one of the first generation of Chinese astronauts
In my time as a reporter, I have met and interviewed many people.
As momentous historic events go, China's reform period was relatively unheralded. Little did anyone realize at the time - probably no one, in fact - that 1978 would enter the history books as one of the most important years in modern history.
When I read Lord Paddy Ashdown's report on Hong Kong,"Hong Kong 20 Years On: Freedom, Human Rights and Autonomy Under Fire", based on a visit in November last year, my first thought was"who paid for his trip and for the report"?
She may be a 64-year-old retiree, but Yang Suxian certainly doesn't lack things to occupy her time.
Wang Guangcheng, known as "China's Square Dancing Prince", runs a gym in Beijing renowned for combining oldschool dance with modern styles such as Zumba and hip hop.
On a recent rainy afternoon in downtown Shanghai, a 50-something female customer entered a hair salon, removed and handed her wig to the shop owner, Qin Kang, 35, and began to chat with him like an old friend.
Spending 27 years living alone while teaching students in a small, remote school would be a tough task for any ordinary person, let alone for a fingerless man. But Chen Haiping has done just that.
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