Last month, when a court of appeal overturned Liu Zhonglin's conviction for homicide because of a lack of admissible evidence, Zhang Yupeng, Liu's lawyer, breathed a huge sigh of relief.
Across China, ecological conservation is increasingly becoming a high priority, even high upon the Tibetan Plateau.
In 2005, I and my colleagues arrived at Ngari on a truck carrying plant seeds and farm implements from Shaanxi. Shortly after, two of my colleagues were admitted to hospital due to severe altitude sickness, and they spent nearly a month receiving treatment.
Pema Wanggyal used to earn his living as a herdsman in Shongpa, Tibet autonomous region, but three years ago he was given a promotion and a key role in protecting the environment.
The end of the Chinese Civil War (1946-49) saw an estimated 1 million soldiers and civilians loyal to the Nationalist Kuomintang flee the Chinese mainland and decamp to Taiwan.
Shenzhen Longyue Charity Foundation, an NGO in the mainland, is helping an increasing number of people to unearth information about deceased family members in Taiwan.
Qi Jianfeng never imagined a disaster far from home could have such a major impact on his life.
When Frank Pitzer first visited China, in 2000, he could tell the country was developing rapidly by looking at the infrastructure being built.
For years after graduating from a school for the disabled, Zhang Jianxin struggled to find a purpose in life, let alone a job, and his parents had begun to fear for his future.
Like the birth of the universe, China's economic miracle, made possible by 40 years of reform and opening-up envisioned by late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, also began with a big bang.
Shenzhen will have cleaner rivers, safer housing, and a more inclusive and attractive environment for foreign talent, said Wang Weizhong, the city's Party chief.
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