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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.

Treehouse gets the ax

Sixty-six-year-old Huang Chonggao is at the scene as workers demolish his treehouse in Pudong, Shanghai.

A face rebuilt, a life reborn

For the first two decades of her life, Wang Na just wanted to be able to smile and chew food.

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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.

A dream of making independent films

Zhang Rui, 27-year-old film director, starts shooting his second short film The Girl Told Mein Lu'an city, Anhui province, on May 5, 2012.

Angry Birds knock-off

Angry Birds slippers are seen on a market in Binzhou, East China's Shandong province, April 29, 2012. [Photo/CFP]