Homeless people in cities such as Shanghai are discovering new comforts in 24-hour fast-food restaurants.
China will surpass both the UK and Japan to be the world's second largest property investment market by 2011, a report said.
Homer Simpson has been named the greatest character.
Gary Coleman died after a fall at his home put him in a coma.
Eckart Loewe, a volunteer teacher from Germany, has spent more than 10 years with children from some small villages in China's Guangxi Province.
