Liu Daoyan (left) meets Yang Mei again at the mountainous village of Huangqiao in Quizhou province.
Zhang Xianyong offers some money to villagers in Miaotian, Guizhou province, to repay them for their help 40 years ago when he was sent to the countryside during the "cultural revolution". It was, he says, the toughest time of his life.
Royal heirlooms including a picnic set and a portrait painted by Queen Victoria go on sale at Christie's in London on Friday and are expected to fetch around one million pounds ($1.7 million).
Fang Zhiqian loves the smell of firecrackers. The pungent, burning chemicals conjure up images of the precious time this 16-year-old spent with his family as a young child.
British schools need to teach teenage girls about the realities behind pursuing a glittering career and having children, a top school head says, arguing that in the end they may not be able to "have it all."
Women are six times more likely to end up separated or divorced if they are diagnosed with cancer or multiple sclerosis than if their male partners were facing the same illness.
In an iconic scene in the Satyajit Ray film Aparajito (The Unvanquished, 1956) when young protagonist Apu, newly-arrived in Calcutta from the village, stops under a shade in the rain, he has a multitude of faces - European, Indian and Chinese - standing around him.
Sylvie Razafindrakoto, whose divorce was finalized three weeks ago, came looking for tips on coping with difficult teenagers as a newly single mother.
Women with dense breasts who have had lumpectomies for breast cancer are at a higher risk of a recurrence, according to a new study.
A Beijing charity group is attempting to raise money to fund operations for five children with birth defects.
Almost 3,000 mentally disabled students will graduate with the same qualifications as other students from next year.
Jamie and Bobby Deen have followed in the footsteps of their mother, American television cooking personality Paula Deen, and launched their third cookbook.