Congresswoman Grace Meng address the media and other Asian-American organizations at a rally at City Hall in New York on March 13, calling on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to name Lunar New Year a public school holiday.
A girl uses a selfie stick to take a photo as she takes part in the Color Run in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, March 14, 2015.
China's lawmakers are putting the final touches on new, unprecedented legislation aimed at preventing attacks, identifying and apprehending suspects.
Since the third session of the 7th NPC, a palm-sized anonymous electronic voting system was installed on the table of each representative.
Spring Festival is the time for Chinese to reunite with their families. How do foreigners in China celebrate the longest holiday of the year?
For most people, Tibetan Buddhism calls to mind images of grand temples and exquisite prayer wheels. Few are familiar with the tsa-tsa, a miniature figure in the otherwise vast world of Buddhism.
Weeks before the Apple Inc announced its first Apple Watch on March 10, its clones have already hit the Chinese electronics market.
Across America over the week (from March 6to March 12)
Shen Jilan, the woman in braids, looks at a certificate saying she is a deputy to the 1st NPC in Sept 1954. Certificates of this kind had never been seen before.
Dragon Kin zither cultural village, or Long Ren in Chinese, is located in Changtai country of Fujian province. Founded in 2010, the village has become a base to spread Chinese traditional culture, with tourism and academic activities combined.
More international giants expand their production base in the country last year
Dongchuan, a rural area in the northeast of Kunming, SW China's Yunnan province, is believed to have the world's most imposing red earth, even more magnificent than that in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.