Gongshi was once an impoverished, isolated village where most residents lived in squalid homes with thatched roofs. Yet that was before Jiang Yijia, a self-made millionaire, became the village head.
It's late afternoon on a warm summer day, and crowds of excited young Chinese people are gathered inside a cafe near Zhongguancun, the so-called Silicon Valley of Beijing. Shortly before 5 pm, the place erupts in deafening cheers.
Mid-Autumn Festival falls on Wednesday this year. For Chinese, the day may not be complete without eating a mooncake with family while gazing at the full moon.
China is at the forefront of the global e-sports revolution, with Tencent leading the boom's corporate pack.
A federal grand jury on Tuesday charged Brendt A. Christensen, the suspect in the kidnapping of visiting Chinese scholar Zhang Yingying, with kidnapping resulting in death.
Charity not only begins at home, it is also thriving on the internet.
Du Liqun is occupied with her nursing routine, as well as preparations for the upcoming 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to be held in Beijing.
China's ever-growing fascination with fitness has triggered a marathon craze among the country's health-conscious middle class, but lax management has often meant race organizers have struggled to keep pace with the demand for their events.
Men Anping, a Beijing-based domestic maternity nurse who cares for mothers and newborn babies, has just agreed another job offer to go to Australia for two months.
Home, sweet new home.
For the past 45 years, since Beijing and Tokyo normalized relations, Yasuhiro Tase, a leading Japanese media professional, has always sought to bolster the often-fraught ties.
With Android system-based mobile phones coming under hacker attacks increasingly, users must use quality security apps to ward off risks, cybersecurity experts said.