Before the existence of department stores in China, people bought different things in different shops
Shopping malls used to be the place people go to shop. But today, these commercial complexes are often much more than that.
The best-selling lists reveal the major trends of 2012 that show shifts in Chinese readers' taste.
Sales that speak volumes
The year 2012 started uneventfully for the literature scene in China but ended with a bang.
Cash isn't going to be king forever. It's a bit like shell money or trading in beads, an outdated system that people will laugh at sometime in the future.
A man dressed as Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost), the Russian Santa Claus, leads people to dance during a celebration on Orthodox Christmas at Sokolniky Park of Moscow, capital of Russia, on Jan 7, 2013.
A woman's struggle to educate her intellectually disabled grandson inspires her to start a special education school.
At the beginning of 2012, a volunteer project transported Cao Jingyi from China to Tanzania, where she made friends with dozens of orphans.
Pili Mwinyi Khamis works for China Radio International (CRI) and she is involved in the production of several programs.
In China, the idea that one's character can be judged by the quality of his or her writing is more than an adage.
Artist Xu Bing's massive phoenixes take flight in the US, giving exhibition-goers a complex sense of China's rise.Help me out of the closet
For Christopher Barden, 45, the best time of the day is when he visits his dog shelter, where dozens of animals bark to express joy and leap on him for attention and affection.
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