Sending stronger signals

Zeng Weihua was barely a teenager when he joined the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1970.

Man on a mission

The dean of Peking University's School of Life Sciences, Rao Yi, has a reputation for speaking out about China's scientific institutions and is considered to be a leading reformist.

Van Gogh's power to paint with prose

Renowned Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh was also a literary giant, say researchers who have scrutinized his vast body of correspondence - the topic of a new exhibition opening in Amsterdam on Friday.

Archaeological 'heaven'

When archaeologist Yuan Zhongyi was sent to Lintong, Shaanxi province, to excavate the site in July 1974, he had no idea he would spend his next 30 years there.

Red scions: Ye Mingzi,Wan Baobao and Bo Guagua

Ye Mingzi, granddaughter of veteran Chinese Communist general Ye Jianying, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1978 to 1983, just got married - on Sept 9.

Live-saving lessons

The retired army doctor and Beijing resident,Ma Guilin, has a strong belief in the global humanitarian movement and takes great joy in doing her part for it.

The man behind the myth

It is two months away from the 70th anniversary of the death of Norman Bethune, a Canadian surgeon who sacrificed his life in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

Oilman Wang Jinxi, father of hybrid rice Yuan Longping, bus-ticket seller Li Suli, astronaut Yang Liwei, hurdler Liu Xiang. These seemingly unrelated names have one thing in common - they have all been designated a model worker.

Stunning street performances

Stunning street performances around the world

Honda unveils battery-powered unicycle

Honda Motor Co has unveiled an electric battery-powered personal transporter, a unicycle shaped like the number eight that riders steer by leaning in the direction they want to travel.

Home alone

Now chinese parents tend to live separately from their married children. With a fast-aging population and the only-child generation entering the marriage and child-bearing age, the demand for domestic help has been increasing rapidly in recent years.

The whys, hows and whats of a caregiver

Many people hire anny for babysitting and housekeeping.How
about the relationship between them and the annies...

The entrepreneur who supports 'ObaMao'

Combine an old political icon with a new one, and what do you get? ObaMao.

Brush with history

Painter Wang Xijing recently finished a large painting on the Xi'an Incident to show his good wishes on the 60th birthday of the People's Republic of China.

Portrait of the artist

Wang Xijing is the vice-chairman of the China Art Market Union, a professor at the China Art Research Institute and a director of the China Artists' Association.