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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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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] 

Slide: Beijing’s largest rare stone market

Beijing Hongyan Rare Stone Market is the capital’s jewel in the crown when it comes to trading in gemstones. Situated in southwest Beijing, it houses tens of thousands of rare stones and products from all over the country.

The sound of metro

Yang Limeng pricks up his ears to catch every little clink and clang of the metro while the rest of the passengers idle their travel time away with MP3s, phone games or iPads.