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A retired teacher who built a stone path to a little-known cemetery honoring educators and revolutionaries near Hangzhou’s West ...
A retired teacher who built a stone path to a little-known cemetery honoring educators and revolutionaries near Hangzhou’s West Lake has drawn support from the students and teachers of the schools they founded.
A grandmother in eastern China’s Zhejiang province has won admiration online after videos showed her dancing barefoot beside a c...
A grandmother in eastern China’s Zhejiang province has won admiration online after videos showed her dancing barefoot beside a children’s playground while her grandchildren played nearby.
More than two decades ago, American teacher Ronald Sakolsky was moved to help raise $5,000 to support a poor couple in northern ...
More than two decades ago, American teacher Ronald Sakolsky was moved to help raise $5,000 to support a poor couple in northern China he had seen on TV battling desertification. Twenty-seven years later, farmer Yin Yuzhen posted a video online searching for the benefactor, reuniting the two over a f
Nearly two decades after surviving the Wenquan earthquake as a student, Niu Yu returns to the quake zone to share a quiet drink ...
Nearly two decades after surviving the Wenquan earthquake as a student, Niu Yu returns to the quake zone to share a quiet drink in memory of her classmates who never made it out.
At the Shanxi exhibition booth in Hall 12 of the Shenzhen Cultural Expo, a live-action performance inspired by Chaoyuan Tu (“Pil...
At the Shanxi exhibition booth in Hall 12 of the Shenzhen Cultural Expo, a live-action performance inspired by Chaoyuan Tu (“Pilgrimage to the Origin”) — the iconic mural from the Sanqing Hall of Yongle Palace — vividly brought ancient Daoist art to life. Painted during the Yuan Dynasty, Chaoyuan T
A stray dog has gone viral on Chinese social media after a group of local taxi drivers raised money for her surgery
A stray dog has gone viral on Chinese social media after a group of local taxi drivers raised money for her surgery. Read more: https://ow.ly/pA5n50Z2bqX