The sole teacher in remote mountains for 22 years

Bordering a bamboo forest and along some mountain paths are three shabby rooms made of stones. This is the only primary school of Mazhuang, a remote mountainous village in central China’s Henan Province.

Disabled woman's spirit inspires others

Born in Hunan Province, Li Li had polio as a child and was not able to stand or walk properly.

Son saves father with his own skin

A father and son in Jiangsu Province not only share the same blood, but skin too.

A disfigured son sings to support family

Huang Xiaodong was a disfigured young adult paralysed from the waist down. He supported his mother by singing on the street.

Filial son cares for sick mother

A 59-year-old unmarried son is still taking care of his mother for nine years who suffered a stroke.

Heroic deed costs dear life

Yang Yingjun, a 30-year-old woman from the countryside in Hunan Province, central China, saved five children in an accident, but lost her own daughter.

Girl refuses adoption to care for mentally retarded brother

Although many people offered to adopt her, Lei Dongxiang, a five-year-old girl in Chongqing Municipality, Southwest China politely refused, as she wanted to look after her older brother.

Risking her life to save 80 others

Fang Yuming, a village woman inHubeiProvince, risked her life to stop two travel coaches from a dangerous rockfall.

80-year-old keeps working

A series of photos called “an old newspaper woman in cold winter” was spread through the Internet and the independent spirit of the 80-year-old moved many netizens.

Honesty hits the jackpot

Zhang Jianshun, a lottery ticket seller in Xiaogan city, Hubei Province in Central China, returned a 5 million prize to a ticket-buyer.