Editor's note: This is the fifth in a series of stories about China's border patrol guards, focusing on the challenges they face and their work to keep the country safe, prevent trafficking of drugs and people, and maintain friendly relations with their counterparts in neighboring countries.
I used to work in real estate in Dongxing. Knowing that my husband is a police officer, my clients and friends wanted to send us "gifts" before asking for help in some way. Dongxing is a small place and it's hard to separate our lives and connections.
NEW YORK - The UN headquarters in New York is usually a raucous forum where the world's problems are dissected and debated, but when thangka painter Nyangbon visited he brought with him a pervading sense of peacefulness.
HARBIN - In just seconds, Li Mengdi purchased a crate of fresh maize online from his hometown in Heilongjiang province.
LANZHOU - When a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit Xiahe county in October, Tenmolon, a 50-year-old Tibetan farmer, quickly alerted sleeping villagers.
China's heightened protection of intellectual property rights is part of its efforts to help businesses shore up their competitiveness and boost spending on research and development, rather than a result of pressure from other countries, industry experts and lawyers said.
Several ministry-level departments, including those responsible for education and health, have recently responded to issues of public concern.
Farmer Wang Mingfu noticed his ox was missing when he woke on a chilly October morning in his village in Pu'an county, Guizhou province.
BEIJING - Chinese researchers have discovered that saline land may be reclaimed by freezing saline water over the soil in winter. In addition, they found that the desalination depth of saline ice meltwater in saline-alkali soil was greater than that of salt-free ice, according to a recent study published in the European Journal of Soil Science.
Rouhieh Tabibzadegan is known as "Canadian mom" among her students at Yunnan University of Finance and Economics.
GUANGZHOU - Pouring a fine layer of foam into a cup of espresso, Lan Liping deftly "drew" a tulip on top of the latte.
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