Many unknown details about the daily life of China's late leader Deng Xiaoping (1904-97) have been revealed to the public for the first time via a new TV series.
A young Chinese nurse boarded a flight on Aug 3 to start living her dream. The 25-year-old, who specializes in foreign nursing care, flew with seven other Chinese nurses to Stuttgart, Germany, to work at a residential care center for at least three years.
"When I graduated, I thought I was prepared for any challenges my job might bring. But the reality caught me off guard," says Xie Yanxi, 25, who started work at a nursing home in Stuttgart this month.
Language is the top concern among Chinese nurses who want to work overseas, says Sun Meiyan, who worked as a nurse in Saudi Arabia for seven years.
Tian Yu's parents wanted her to become a ballerina and she started ballet lessons at the age of three, but a family trip to a horse ranch changed her life path and led to her becoming a professional rider.
Thousands of years ago in the Middle Kingdom, northerners fled from their war torn states to the peaceful yet largely unexplored south.
China has always been known as a land of ceremonies, one that is focused on reciprocity. Whether it be visits by heads of state, diplomats, business people or people generally, Chinese often express their affection and gratitude by giving gifts to one another.
A Guangzhou museum that is dedicated to the millions of migrant workers whose dedication and brawn changed the face of China may become a national-level facility.
A true lover of food has two stomachs: one for the main course and one for dessert. By Western standards, Chinese cuisine offers relatively few sweet, devilish delights, lacking the likes of cheesecake and chocolate fondue.
In Anglo-Saxon countries it is common to directly address someone by their first name because it is convenient and shows a close relationship.
China has seen its combined rate of overweight and obesity rise dramatically over the last 30 years to a point where it is second only to the United States.
Public health expert Rob Moodie doesn't mince his words when it comes to fast and processed food companies and their contribution to obesity.
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