Gan Chaolin, 22, was abducted from his mother's arms by two of his parents' workmates in Guangdong province and sent by child traffickers to Fujian province, when he was just 6.
For eight years, Christian Norris, a Chinese boy adopted by an American woman from Easton, Maryland, was tormented by the thought: "Was I abandoned by my Chinese parents?"
Incidents of violence against women on mainstream U.S. television has increased by 120 percent in the past five years, with the depiction of teen girls as victims rising by some 400 percent.
For people in their 70's, light to moderate alcohol intake may offer women, but not men, some protection against loss of mobility, a study hints.
There may be some truth to the saying that all women will eventually turn into their mothers, with a U.S. study finding daughters age and wrinkle like their mothers.
Here's a sampling of opinions on the China Daily Mobile Phone Newspaper forum on marriage and housing
"As long as people get married, housing prices will stay high," solemnly declares Fan Deliang, a 28-year-old who works in the Beijing media.
Children of abused mothers may be smaller at birth and show stunted early growth, according to research from Bangladesh.
Tackling the eternal question of what do women want, the authors of a new book have an answer -- "Women Want More." More time and control over their lives, that is.
Companies trying to market products to mothers need to head onto the Internet with a survey showing the 21st century mother is online daily, using Facebook to connect to friends and Google to diagnose illnesses.
Old-fashioned, common-sense advice to just relax may actually work to help some women get pregnant, doctors reported on Monday.
Crosstalk performer Hou Yaohua (pictured) says he will not reconcile with his two nieces, who sued him for the dispute over the heritage of their father - Hou's brother Hou Yaowen.