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A diary on the gaokao battlefield

Xuhuan from the countryside is among the 9 million seniors striving hard to get through the nation's make-or-break national college entrance exam.

Village doctors worry about future

A low pay, harsh living condition and insufficient new blood coming into the field all bring a hard time to the ageing doctors in China's rural villages.

Clinic really floats his boat

A boathouse anchored in a sparkling lake surrounded by mountains. Sounds like a wonderful place to set up a medical clinic?

Loving inventions

Retired engineer Liu Tie'er has received nationwide attention for inventing a wheelchair that is able to climb stairs.

In Swahili, they call it ...

When Shen Yuning announced he was planning to compile a Swahili-Chinese dictionary, most of his friends thought he was joking.

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China's obsession over giant statues

Along with the decades-long surge of China's economy in modern times, China has witnessed another rising trend, that of building ever taller statues.

Body paralyzed, not the dream to race

Lv Zhongshi demonstrates his wheeling skills in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, May 19, 2012.

Artist of the handmade fan

Zhao Qiaofa never imagined traditional fans would bring the winds of change to his life.

Wuhan bank bomber given death sentence

A man who shocked China by detonating a bomb in front of a bank in Wuhan, Hubei province, was sentenced to death on Monday, according to the city's intermediate people's court.

Costly food for thought

The prices of a whole range of vegetables have risen markedly in May.