It's a changed landscape along the banks of the Yangtze, raised 100 meters in some sections after the Three Gorges Dam started operating. Freddie Cheah looks at the new views.
Chinese actress Zhang Yuqi has shot a series of photos in wedding gowns.
Workers at a district council in eastern England must now clock off and back on if they take a cigarette break.
A love story that had its beginnings in 1953 Hangzhou, survives personal and political upheavals, to come to fruition decades later.
There are dog people, there are people who read dog books and there are people who write dog books. (Many of them.)
A nation renowned for the art of queuing may be losing its patience, a survey has shown, with the average British adult able to stand in line for only 10 minutes and 42 seconds before tempers start to fray.
Ghosts and goblins are more than Halloween decorations or costumes for many Americans who confessed they believe in the supernatural and returning from the grave.
No one, it seems, has read from cover-to-cover Zhang Wei's ponderous 10-volume book on four generations of a family caught in the throes of change. But critics have been unstinting in their praise. Yang Guang reports.
The passing on of the Miss World crown in tropical Hainan province heralds the reign of a new pageant winner.
"Why did you cut my punch line, 'Revenge is a dish best served cold'?" asked Australian Patrick Whiteley, a former editor.
While China is already a digital superstar, it still has to cross the creativity barrier to earn superpower status, panelists say at a Web 2.0 conference.
Paul, the oracle octopus who shot to fame in the World Cup this summer for his uncanny ability to predict the results of Germany's soccer matches, has died at his home in Oberhausen at the age of two.
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