Tomb Sweeping Day, or the Qingming Festival, which falls on Friday this year, marks the 15th day after the Spring Equinox.
Beijing is experiencing an immigration boom of sorts, as artists from Hong Kong head to the city in search of opportunities they are unlikely to find at home.
In a small workshop in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Li Youxia turns threads of finely matched colors into blooming peonies on a piece of cloth.
One morning in mid-January, Wang Na discovered that her 2-year-old bichon frise dog Anbei couldn't stand up.
Inspired by a scene in a Soviet film that showed cattle and sheep roaming on a prairie under a blue sky and white clouds, He Jingrong, from Beijing, decided to specialize in caring for livestock when she went to university.
Every day, He Runyuan explains what happiness is to hundreds of tourists.
On a bluestone road, performers in ancient Chinese costumes charge on horses, stretching their arms and shouting all the way through.
On a sunny and warm day, Zhang Haixia and her 51-year-old father Zhang Gaiyang left home to enjoy the sunshine on a small square of a primary school in Yifeng county in Zhumadian, Central China's Henan province. Zhang pushed her father around in a wheelchair.
Two young men with autism, frightened and confused, stood beside a swimming pool, ready for their first scuba diving lesson. Suddenly, the older youth screamed, began punching himself in the head and dropped to the ground, rolling around in an uncontrolled fit.
Parents of autistic children in Hong Kong face long waits for government-funded rehabilitation therapy. The waiting time for preschool services is usually one year, but it can be as long as three in extreme cases. Parents find themselves in line after line as they try to arrange training for their children.
China's decision to lower the rates of social security contributions paid by employers, part of a broader effort to reduce corporate burden, has been lauded by entrepreneurs and experts for shoring up growth and employment.
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