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Life as a Chinese Club Girl or Car Models
They are fixture of moden Chinese nightlife in cities.
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Knowledge of the past
The village offers a glimpse of Chinese traditions long forgotten.
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Spouse-selection dilemma of Chinese women
It's a funny look at Chinese women's dating options.
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Ant tribes’ living on the roof in Beijing
Do we really live a life happier than before?
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Ten young migrant workers’ images
They are the bedrocks for China's growth.
Killer hornets wreak havoc
Red alerts after rapid increase in number of venomous insects poses huge threat to people’s safety, He Na reports.If you ask what are the most-feared venomous animals and insects, most people would say snakes, scorpions and spiders. But if you ask that question in the villages around...
Boatman teacher
Top: Zhang Fuyou, 60, ferries 6-year-old Liu Lihua across a reservoir to Dajiang Primary School. Above: Zhang Fuyou teaches nine students at Dajiang Primary School at Dalong town of Lipu county in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Photos by Huo Yan / China Daily Despite...
Sept sees high number of smoggy days in north, east
A man wears a face mask while riding a bicycle in Beijing on Sunday to protect himself from severe air pollution. [Photo/Xinhua Kang Zhiming, a senior engineer at the National Meteorological Information Center, attributed the rising number of smoggy days to a reduction in...
China cracks down on illegal publications
BEIJING – The Chinese government is to launch a crackdown on a wide range of publishing and journalistic misconduct such as unlicensed publications, fake reporters and re-sales of publishing rights. From mid-October, the two-month action will also target publications containing illegal content, the use...
Austerity drive prompts catering sector transition
GUANGZHOU – The Chinese catering industry, especially high-end dining businesses, is seeking a transition to survive after seeing sharp profits drop under the government’s ongoing frugality campaign. The industry’s growth rate in the first half of 2013 dropped 3 percent from the same period last...
Li vows to enhance amity between China, Thailand
BANGKOK — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged here on Saturday to pass down the traditional “familial affection” between his country and Thailand from generation to generation. China and Thailand have been close in terms of culture and people-to-people exchange, and the people of the two...
It’s not thought, but cash, that counts
A crucial part of a modern Chinese wedding obliges guests to hand over money. The National Day golden week is a golden time for weddings. Chinese often rely on a special calendar to find out the auspicious days for certain ceremonies such as...
Capital to smoke out faulty kitchens
Comments Print Mail Large Medium SmallBeijing’s crackdown on air pollution has a new target: kitchens. The Chinese capital, which just endured possibly the worst smog in months earlier this week, launched a three-month campaign against restaurant kitchen exhausts, the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau announced on...
Life as a Chinese Club Girl or Car Models
What follows is a set of photos portraying the life of several “club girls”–the models and DJs who’ve become a fixture of the modern Chinese nightlife scene. In this photo, DJ Ceci, finished with her hair and make-up, waits in a side room to go...
Mo Yan’s Nobel win brings village a change of plot
Tourists visit the set of a TV series based on Red Sorghum Clan, one of Mo Yan’s novels, in Gaomi, Shandong province, during the National Day holiday.[WANG HAIBIN / FOR CHINA DAILY] Chinese people had never paid more attention to the annual Nobel literature...
