With long blonde hair and blue eyes, Erika Andreasson, a 24-year-old from Sweden, is exactly what English schools in the city are looking for - except that she has neither a teaching diploma nor teaching experience.
Although Michelle doesn't have a working visa or a background in teaching, the Brazilian teaches English full time to a class of 3-year-old children at a kindergarten in Wangjing, Chaoyang district.
Although a number of people move to big cities in search of work, some white-collar workers choose to leave these cities for a simpler existence elsewhere.
The roaring whirlpool where the 25-m-high Diaoshuilou Waterfall smashes into Heilongjiang province's Jingpo Lake captivated Di Huanran's gaze.
These items were once the treasured belongings of 56 young students of Xinjian Primary School and Juyuan Middle School in Dujiangyan.
Lai Zhenglin, a 43-year-old farmer in East China's Zhejiang province, is proud of his new skill - identifying tree species.
In the past five years, Kenneth Pai Hsien-yong has become widely known in China as a promoter of Kunqu Opera.
Duncan Peattie from Kingston upon Thames, England, reads and speaks little Chinese. But since 2001, he has been doing a Chinese-English translation.
The vigor of Wu Chengzhen's faith has made her an exception to nearly two millennia of Taoist clerical orthodoxy.
Hu Yuegao, a professor at the college of agriculture and biotechnology at China Agriculture University, has directed his research focus towards cunguan, or village officials, since 2004 and published a report on the group earlier this year.
Wedding Director Michelle Yang's job entails getting a million details right: flowers, photos, music, cake, color schemes, invitations, and it goes on.
As many as 1,000 German beer waitresses, chefs and musicians will come to Beijing to stage a month-long German-style Beijing International Beer Festival from May 1 next year.