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'Iron rice bowl' broken to hold back sand

[2019-01-24 07:34]

Man can conquer nature, as the Chinese saying goes, and Wang Youde's success in combating sand invasion is one example.

Puff and sweat revive imperial glaze tradition

[2019-01-24 07:34]

Standing by a furnace burning at over 1,300 C, Sun Yunyi's face is beaded with sweat. While watching the colored glaze bulge on one end of a long, hollow iron pipe, he blows air through the other.

Former front-line broadcaster finally meets her audience

[2019-01-23 07:12]

Memories came flooding back when Chen Feifei met Chen Ching-lung in Xiamen, in the eastern province of Fujian, days before the 40th anniversary of the publication of the Message to Compatriots in Taiwan.

Taiwan compatriots hail closer links with the mainland

[2019-01-23 07:12]

President Xi Jinping said China must, and will, be reunified, when he addressed a gathering in Beijing earlier this month to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Message to Compatriots in Taiwan.

Father to abandoned children fulfills Party member dream

[2019-01-23 07:12]

Peng Yunsong can't remember how many times his children have celebrated his birthday in the past year.

Qinghai nurtures winter sports talent

[2019-01-23 07:12]

Growing up in a remote village in northwestern China's Qinghai province, Dudru Cering knew close to nothing about winter sports. However, he is now a cross-country skier.

Princeton statistician focuses on solving real problems

[2019-01-23 07:12]

Chinese-American statistician and financial econometrician Fan Jianqing has offered China his knowledge over the past two decades to help the country make rapid progress in statistical research and applications.

Lights, camera, poverty reduction: Villagers cash in on work as extras

[2019-01-23 07:12]

With the sound of an explosion echoing in the valley and smoke in the air, 59-year-old Miao Yuhai runs across a "battlefield" carrying a radio transmitter on his back.

Parents and teachers blast 'anti-social' messaging groups

[2019-01-22 07:16]

Xiaowang won first prize in an essay contest? Then you simply must send a message thanking Mrs. Li for all her help - just make sure you do it via the teacher-parent WeChat group, so everyone else knows, too.

I feel sorry about the pressure my son has to endure at school

[2019-01-22 07:16]

Shi Qiang, 45, father of a high school student in Changsha, Hunan province.

Consumption key to poverty relief

[2019-01-22 07:16]

Government departments and State-owned enterprises urged to make purchases from poor regions

Shadow banking, school buses and Spring Festival prices under scrutiny

[2019-01-22 07:16]

Several ministry-level departments, including the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, the Ministry of Education and the National Development and Reform Commission, have responded recently to issues of public concern.