As his black cat leaned toward him, Chirarab sat on a bed with his legs crossed, wondering why his son chose to end his life in a premeditated self-immolation.
The first thing Zheng Tiancheng saw at the scene of the accident was a pale hand sticking out from the debris. Here, a wisp of black hair was visible in the rubble. There, a knee stuck out at an odd angle. Lower down in the valley, more than a dozen vehicles lay wrecked among the crushed concrete and twisted steel.
In ancient times, the Chinese burned bamboo stems filled with gunpowder to create small explosions and scare away evil spirits. That tradition has been retained as a part of the celebrations for Spring Festival, the country's biggest annual holiday.
Every year, at this time, millions of Chinese embark on the world's biggest travel rush - the trek home.
The heavy smog that has stifled Beijing and other parts of China for two weeks continued on Wednesday when the air pollution index hit 420 to 440 in six downtown districts of the capital, according to the Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center.
Approximately 26 kilometers off the coast of Taishan city in Guangdong province lies a small island called Daqin. Although famous for its natural beauty, the island is not a summer resort, nor a haven of peace and happiness complete with fishermen and folk songs.
Many people mistakenly believe that leprosy has been eradicated. It has an almost historical aura and even the name suggests an ailment from an earlier era. But for sufferers, the disease is a reality they must live with every day.
In 1998, Beijing's funeral services were strained by a higher-than-average number of flu-related deaths, said He Xiong, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Tennis ace's brave performance wins legions of new fans around the world, report Sun Xiaochen in Melbourne, Australia, and Lei Lei in Beijing.
Guy S. Alitto simply dived into the vast pool of classical Chinese when he first tried to learn the language as an adult in the 1960s, but quickly found out that the "sink or swim" approach just doesn't work with the language.
First, learn Chinese. Even if you read a lot about China or live in China, you won't understand the society and the interaction around you because of the language barrier, and the language itself is part of the culture.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 20100000002731 
Op Rana
Berlin Fang
Zhu Yuan
Huang Xiangyang
Chen Weihua
Liu Shinan
