Wang Weimei, 72, has kept the tradition of giving perm look to hair with tongs going for decades.
Tencent owns half of the country's top 10 mobile applications by monthly active users, according to a report released by Analysys International.
Tropical Cyclone Pam, which tore through Vanuatu over the weekend, has so far claimed 24 lives and 3,300 people have been displaced, according to a report published Monday by the United Nations.
Here's a look at some of the most striking images from major stories around the world in the past week.
This group of freestyle skiers appear to have no problem keeping their cool after they were snapped performing an array of death defying stunts and tricks.
The giant CeBIT computer trade fair takes place from 16 to 20 March 2015 with China as this year's partner country, underlining the Asian powerhouse economy's growing role in the IT business.
Buyers of lottery tickets are estimated to exceed 200 million, among whom 80 percent hoped to make a fortune overnight, according to an online survey in 2012. A big win appeals to many, but only a few are lucky enough to achieve it. Under-the-table deals in the industry have been exposed and the people's loss of trust for lotteries makes the dream fade.
Kazak herdsmen drive their livestock through Guozigou in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to greener pastures ahead of spring.
In our discussion with insiders, experts and enterpreneurs, it gradually became clear that China must step up its effort in protecting traditional villages, because in preserving the past, we are also paving a way to live the future.
A group of Kungfu aficionados in the Costa Rican capital of San Jose spend every Friday night throwing punches and roundhouse kicks. They are practicing what they say is their favorite way to relax after a hard week.
The view from the train window was breathtaking. I was enchanted - and I had not even arrived at my destination, the Black Forest region in Germany.