New race series aims to promote cycling for pleasure

Inspired by a growing enthusiasm for fitness among Chinese people, Internet-based company Le Sports announced on Wednesday the launch of a road c...

Former inmate's success story to be shared with other prisoners

A Chinese NGO is sharing the story of an entrepreneurial ex-convict with inmates at 681 prisons around the country in the hopes that it will help...

Shanghai park triggers huge Disney rush

Enthusiastic customers snapped up the first batch of tickets in just five minutes on Monday for the opening day of the Shanghai Disneyland park o...

Mom Keeps Autistic Son Company at School

Pang Zhihua, a 55-year-old mother in southwest China's Sichuan Province, has been living a unique lifestyle for the past several years – spending...

Chinese Police Promote Safety Tips via 'A4 Paper Challenge'

Police from Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province, have joined in the latest social media craze, dubbed the "A4 Waist Challenge", to raise sa...

Chinese urban schools strive to 'slim' oversize classes

JINAN -- At a cramped classroom in Heze city, 87 students pack into their desks. The room is so full, students brim to the blackboard, with the o...

Pink fish makes a splash in ancient town

After his giant Yellow Duck debuted in Hong Kong three years ago, Florentijn Hofman has made a giant pink Floating Fish for Wuzhen, an ancient wa...

Beijing promotes eco-friendly burials ahead of Tomb-Sweeping Day

A man scatters the ashes of his late father into the sea in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province.

Medical experience zone aims to make hospitals fun

An interactive experience zone for children designed to simulate a visit to the hospital will be built in a Shanghai metro station this year.

Hospital trains look to restore sight for 12,000 low-income patients

Four hospital trains will soon leave Beijing on an eight-month mission to help thousands of people around China see again.