On a hazy winter morning, Fan Xiandi untied the docking lines of a ferry, plunged a pole into the water and shoved the boat off the dock. The 53-year-old is one of the disappearing ferrymen in China.
During ancient times on the Tibetan plateau, as one folk epic describes it, any tribe member who won a horse race would be perceived worthy of being named chief.
Upon hearing an approaching motorcycle, Lan Manxiu stops sewing, hops off her seat and hobbles out of the house. Her wages are arriving.
Concerns and skepticism over grain safety and production, notwithstanding, China will continue to share its agricultural experiences and achievements with other economies
For years US officials and politicians have been hyping up the "China threat" theory, targeting everything from Chinese trade, investment and military to bank loans, technology and even Chinese students studying abroad.
In welcome news, it seems that the latest talks between China and the United States, which concluded on Friday, have further narrowed their differences and expanded their common ground on key trade and economic issues.
When the clock ticks close to 7 pm, Jia Yilei, from Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province, puts a pink waterproof coat on her pet dog, a black Shiba Inu named Hawaii, fixes a leash on her collar and walks her out the door.
Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, will improve management of dog ownership by building a full digital platform to monitor pets, implanting them with microchips and piloting special walking zones in residential communities.
Over the past four years, Yan Wenyun has taught the Manchu language for free to more than 400 students in her public classes in Harbin, the capital of northeastern China's Heilongjiang province, or via the internet.
While many Chinese watched movies at cinemas during the weeklong Spring Festival holiday, Zheng Wei explained the film The Spring Festival to an audience of visually impaired people at a cinema in northern China's Tianjin.
From January to the end of November last year, police nationwide cracked down on 1,082 mafia-style criminal gangs and confiscated 1,620 guns as part of an ongoing campaign against organized crime, which is designed to improve the public's sense of security.
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