If you have a strong predilection for alcohol and you love prancing around in the bare minimum of clothes, you may want to give the Islamic Republic of Iran a miss.
Is the Nov 11 shopping extravaganza a day for lightheartedness, or is there something sinister about it?
A year before Zheng Mengzhu was born, her mother, a schoolteacher in Northwest China's Gansu province, and her father, a crop farmer, came to Peking University No 3 Hospital.
China Daily's Satarupa Bhattacharjya reports the preparations going on inside Chinese hospitals after China's government lifted its one-child policy.
A Chinese journalist takes a trip to the West Bank where she witnesses a refugee camp and tear gas among other things.
Performing live in front of an audience with no script and no rehersal can be a daunting experience for many. But for the Beijing improv scene, it's just another day in the ring.
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It is 7.23 am in Liu Cixin's corner of planet Earth, and he is busy pounding the ground near his home. Breakfast will come after this 10-kilometer jog.
Lu Xin was kidnapped after collapsing from hunger and sickness along a country road in Luding County, Sichuan Province. She never returned home.
As soon as Liu's Hugo Award was announced, sales the Liu trilogy gathered pace. The fanfare continues for a literary star, but an ambiguous subplot continues to be written.