Zhang Minghui blew his chance to attend one of China’s top universities. Now, he’s building experimental devices for the ...

Yu Xiuhua became a sensation with her raunchy poetry that redefined Chinese perceptions of disability. Now, she’s taking her ...

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It doesn’t chirp, purr, or wag its tail; nor does it fetch, cuddle, or respond to its name. In fact, it doesn’t do much of anything besides sit quietly. But for a growing number of young Chinese, that ...

In China’s emerging high-dust industries, the allure of higher wages draws many young workers into the business. However, for them, exposure to lethal dust has led to an unexpected enemy: ...

In contemporary China, it’s time — and not love — that’s a battlefield. But is any of it true? China’s National Bureau of Statistics keeps surprisingly detailed records of how Chinese spend their days ...

Editor’s note: Fuying Education, based in the eastern Zhejiang province, specializes in training parents how to communicate with, and better encourage, their adolescent offspring. However, the company ...

On Sept. 28, the famed calligrapher and educator Tian Yingzhang died at the age of 74. Arguably the best-known calligrapher in contemporary China, millions of Chinese learned Tian’s calligraphy style ...

Previously, first-time buyers in most Chinese cities had to pay a 1.5% deed tax when buying a property measuring more than 90 ...

Editor’s note: Ad Bel grew up in an impoverished village in China’s southwestern Guizhou province in the 1960s. Legally named Li Yuchun, she goes by her ethnic Miao name, which means “Thorns by the ...

The new law aims to prevent unqualified and poorly trained teachers from finding work in the sector, after a string of ...