From collecting coins to becoming a successful financialinvestor with two luxury villas and downtown apartments in the city, Ma Wenya, 21, is an early pursuer of wealth.
While the upward trajectory of Chris Shum's rise from hotel cashier to general manager is remarkable in itself, it's his career path's zigzags that make it exceptional.
Gu Yue and Liu Chang hitchhiked from Beijing to Berlin last year in order to visit Gu's German girlfriend.
Jennifer Yeh went from the frenetic lifestyle of a TV commercial producer in downtown Manhattan to the owner of a small artisan bakery on the fringe of Beijing's Shunyi district almost entirely on a whim.
Pilot project to sign contracts with housekeeping companies on the way.
For those who have spotted a clown riding a motorbike through Beijing recently, we assure you that you were not imagining things.
"Retro meets chaos in a haphazard way." This is how Dominic Johnson-Hill describes his homely hutong household stuffed in a side street between the bars and boutiques of Nanluoguxiang.
As the Grand Canal and its glory recede into the past, the craftsmen born and raised alongside the canal are also starting to disappear, along with their remarkable skills.
Tweaking the idea of flash-mobs is flash-play, meeting a stranger in an unfamiliar city for the day.
I set out on a journey in Wenzhou, a city in Zhejiang province, last April after a friend told me stories about the folk opera troupes there.
Jeannie Cho Lee thinks drinking wine is like meeting interesting people.
Zhang Jinqi lives in an old hutong neighborhood simply because he wants to.