Girl demands parents pay for plastic surgery

2009-05-05 10:16:36

A girl in Chongqing municipality refused to leave her home for 10 months in order to force her parents to pay for her plastic surgery.

Death toll from hand-foot-mouth disease rises 10

2009-05-05 15:43:58

Ten more children have died in a hand-foot-mouth disease outbreak in China's Henan and Shandong provinces as of Sunday, local health authorities said Tuesday.

Quake survivors strive for direction to new life

2009-05-05 14:25:00

Lifting the rifle, aiming at the target, clicking the trigger, putting down the rifle, and lifting it again ...

Armored truck fire kills five bank staff members in China

2009-05-04 15:56:39

A bank's armored truck veered off a road into a roadside ditch and caught fire, killing five bank staff members aboard the vehicle in central China's Henan Province, local police said Monday.

Fourteen injured in south China blast

2009-05-04 09:57:37

Fourteen people were injured in a blast in south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities confirmed Monday.

Life resumes normal after last May's earthquake

2009-04-29 17:30:27

The picture taken on April 26, 2009 shows women of Qiang ethnic group make embroidery in front of a newly-built house in Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, southwest China's Sichuan Province.

Northern Xinjiang relocation homes improve nomad lives

2009-04-28 17:37:41

Dangbu and his wife happily dress themselves up on the day they move into their new bungalow house. The Mongolian couple never imagined they’d be able to live in a cozy place like this.

Mother Anipa's remarkable family

2009-04-28 17:29:34

It’s not easy for Anipa Alimahong, the “remarkable mother of Xijiang Uygur autonomous region”, to convene her huge family together for a reunion photo.

Xinjiang Hebukesaier's all-woman village patrol strut their stuff

2009-04-28 15:49:29

Sleekly dressed in dark green camouflage uniforms, the all-woman village patrol team grabs attention from every passerby. They are different in age and ethnicity but they have one thing in common: they are housewives from Hebukesaier's Mongol autonomous county.

The Honbay's 20-year story

2009-04-27 15:40:11

Although I prepared myself for the rareness of such a meeting, I was still surprised when I saw Kazak couple Mr. and Mrs. Honbay and their adopted 20-year old Han girl after a three hour drive from Urumqi.

Quake survivors pursuing happiness in new marriage

2009-04-27 08:13:43

Bride Deng Ling supported a sapling upright while her sweetheart Li Jun bowed to spade earth into the pit carefully, expecting happiness in their coming marriage life.

Childbirth grant offered to rural Shaanxi women

2009-04-27 09:38:57

Rural pregnant women in the northwestern province of Shaanxi will enjoy free childbirth as a hospital maternity grant project kicks off in May.