Annual sessions touch on everyday problems

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When top political advisers and lawmakers gather in Beijing around this time every year, I always follow their discussions of important issues, i...

Online Store Sells Apples Kissed by Air Hostesses

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Recently a slogan of a shopping website "It only takes 9.9 yuan to take kisses of airline stewardesses home" went popular online. Apples that hav...

Beijing's Most Haunted House Getting a Facelift, Will Reopen as Tourist Attraction in October

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Accuse a Laowai, Make 3,000 Kuai

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While we love that Beijing is one of the safest cities to live in, we're not too happy to see this sort of news: a Chinese citizen earned a rewar...

Mark Zuckerberg Shares Photos of His Baby Girl

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The Facebook founder and CEO posted a new photo of his two month old baby girl serenely floating in what appears to be a lake as her billionaire ...

'Little Monks' Become Online Hit

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A photo showing two little boys dressed as monks at a temple in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The photo has gone viral online with th...

Beijing cracks $8b investment fraud case, arrests 21

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Beijing police have busted a major fraud ring accused of using E Rent Treasure, an online financial platform, to illegally collect up to 50 billi...

Filling 7,000 water tanks a day is vital job for rail team

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Li Jian is one of many ordinary railway workers who can supply the answer to the question "Where does the water on the train come from?", if you ...

'China's Emily Dickinson' Wins Role Model Award at 2015 Women's Media Award

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Yu Xiuhua, a rural woman with cerebral palsy yet hailed as "China's Emily Dickinson," won the Role Model Award at the 2015 Women's Media Award on...

Young Startup Steams Ahead with Her Own Dumplings Brand

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Ding Jiaojiao, a 25-year-old woman from the eastern province of Anhui, has started a food company that enjoys market share in multiple big cities...