The air smells of sand. The sky has turned a murky, reddish color. The wind has become so violent that it is impossible to keep our eyes open or our feet firmly on the ground.
The first thing He Guowu looks for when he is back in Dunhuang city in Gansu province is latiaozi (pulled noodles), a local staple that is hard to find at his post in the Yumen Pass.
Huang Jingwen lay on a hospital bed clinging to life. At 108 years old, there were few clues that she had fought fiercely for the freedom of her country.
At times, outspoken intellectuals may irritate some officials. While new ideas are often welcome, the way such ideas are expressed may get the authorities a bit hot under the collar. Yet, the original meaning for the word relating to "intellect" or "to know", 知 (zhī), implies outspokenness.
How can China dominate various sports at the Olympic Games but not make it to the FIFA World Cup Finals?
With China's national football team struggling, fans had little to celebrate until a South China team, Guangzhou Evergrande, claimed the Asian Football Confederation Champions League prize in November.
It might be odd to associate China with the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, given that the country has only qualified once, and that was 12 years ago.
Marcello Lippi
Ten buildings that represent the future of Chinese urban architecture have been selected from a pool of more than 1,000 competitors by the Architecture and Culture Society of China and Peking University. Among them are the National Stadium, aka the Bird's Nest, the Jin Mao Tower and the Canton Tower.
Di Renjie (狄仁杰) was a heroic figure in real life, and his fictional afterlife has been even more spectacular.
Wang Baorong, 71, is wearing a military-style shirt, shorts and fishnet stockings. Two months ago, the septuagenarian joined a dance team and she's never been happier.
Raise the Child in the Countryside is not the kind of parenting book that is written by "tiger moms" or "wolf dads", explaining their way of bringing up children to excel. It is by a mother whose daughter had problems fitting into society.
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