On a fire site, the biggest terror is in the thick smoke. You have no idea where danger lurks. With only the sound of your breath in the darkness, it is like entering a ghost town. No matter how many comrades you have, ready to stick together through thick and thin, you will face your demons, alone in the dark.
After a storm washed him ashore on Yongxing Island 30 years ago, Zheng Youbai had to survive on the deserted spot in the South China Sea like a modern-day Robinson Crusoe for a month until a fishing boat rescued him.
July 24, 2012 China officially sets up the city of Sansha on Yongxing Island in the southernmost province of Hainan. The city government is located on the 2.13-square-km Yongxing Island, the largest island in the Xisha Islands group. Xiao Jie becomes the city's first mayor.
UK art experts are predicting a growth in interest in Chinese art and culture, driven by people's desire to view ancient pieces rarely seen before in the country.
In a time when China's best and brightest scramble to become world leaders in many disciplines, there is one area where the nation lays clear claim to being ahead - Chinese national studies, or guoxue (国学).
Ten-year-old Su Yingjun remembers the first time she could spin her body 360 degrees - staring straight ahead at the point where she started and feeling "like a superstar".
Arriving at Kunming International Airport, an African proverb about a lizard that jumps from the tallest tree in the forest springs to mind.
Summer is the peak time for tourists in Qingdao, a coastal city in Shandong province dubbed China's "sailing capital".
Unlike many wealthy Chinese businessmen, Liang Zhiming, a Qingdao-based interior designer, didn't jump in at the deep end and buy a luxury yacht when he decided to buy a boat.
Rabbits: cute, cuddly ... tasty. Braised rabbit heads, traditionally sold as snacks by street vendors in Sichuan province, are now regarded as delicacies by adventurous, wealthy diners at a number of prestigious Beijing restaurants.
It is something everyone who is in China long enough eventually runs into. You come out of a subway station, and the entrance is blocked by middle-aged, furtive-looking women who scatter so that they will catch you in their web.
Chinese people are very hospitable and like to treat friends or business partners to a sumptuous dinner to show their hospitality and sincerity. Such dinners are important for Chinese, and many business deals are settled there.
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