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About China Face

Behind each face is a story, and behind each story are hopes and dreams through which you can find a different facet of the society and country they live in - China.

Launched in March 2010, China Face has been a daily news feature focusing on a Chinese individual, whose life and experience resonates with society's pulse.

Contact: chinaface@chinadaily.com.cn

 
 
Kicking the codeine habit
A high flyer in the corporate world quits her job to set up a center to help teenagers addicted to cough syrup.
An unconventional education
Planting vegetables, cooking, fishing and dancing are part of the curriculum at a home-schooling system in a small community in Dali, Yunnan province. Zhang Yue reports.
He's a human scarecrow
Sui Guohui leads a team of bird population control officers at Beijing Capital International Airport to ensure safety of flights.
From friend to family
A Chinese autoworker's friendship with his Russian mentor personifies the big picture of Sino-Russian ties.
Listening ear
Cao Wenying, who has been paralyzed since she was 4 months old, turns her hopelessness into strength to help others in need through a life hotline.
A pig's tale
The award-winning cartoon Pig Sale by Chen Xifeng shows how Chinese animation is evolving to produce original and locally flavored animated films.
Tough training forges 'iron army'
Colonel Wei Deming knows how to steel the confidence of his military superiors when he gets a tough mission.
Photographer a picture of charity
Zeng Yongchuan's photography business doesn't keep him busy, but the two children living in a nearby room do.
Mom takes aim at new weapons
Firearms tester has fired more than three million rounds in her career.
Renowned scholar devoted life to classic novel
Zhou Ruchang, China's leading scholar of the classic novel A Dream of Red Mansions, died at age of 95 at his home at midnight on Thursday.
Designer Uma Wang trains in New York
As a participant in CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund's China Exchange Program, Chinese fashion designer Uma Wang is currently enjoying six weeks of industry training in New York City.
Farm boy digs up tasty business idea
Buying beverages from a vending machine one day planted an idea in Wang Honggang's head - using the machines to sell vegetables.
Dance like everyone's watching
At first glance, the brightly lit gym looks no different from any other in Beijing: high ceilings, a dance floor and wall-to-wall mirrors. Drum rhythms warm up the class.
An eye for illegal drugs
As passengers get off the plane, Ye Sui puts on mask and gloves, eyeing the crowd and watching the luggage pass through the scanner.
Writin' that jailhouse rock
Zhao Yi has a song in his heart for juvenile offenders.
Artist of the handmade fan
Zhao Qiaofa never imagined traditional fans would bring the winds of change to his life.
Nurse eases last days of patients
The patients in nurse Sun Xianghong's palliative care unit have more control over their environment than those in other wards, and can even change the color of the walls in their rooms.
Everything that's fit to eat
According to the story, US president Theodore Roosevelt threw his breakfast sausages out of the window after reading about conditions in Chicago's meatpacking industry.
He floats in the air with the greatest of ease
If something goes wrong with a high-voltage line dozens of meters up in the sky, expect veteran wireman Zhao Wenwu and his team to swing into action.
The termite terminator
This particular termite trap, which can be buried underground and kills termites within several weeks, has made Zheng famous as it is effective and environmentally friendly.
 

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