Fear death without, not by, water

The elixir of life? Some, in ancient times, believed it to be the philosopher's stone. Alchemists across ages and cultures tried to formulate it....

Unique brown panda survives winter

XI'AN - Rare brown panda Qi Zai has faced temperatures of minus 30 degrees Celsius in the remote Qinling Mountains of west China this winter, but...

China preparing to raise retirement age: report

BEIJING - China will set up a plan to raise the statutory retirement age in 2017 to relieve pressures from an aging population, an official resea...

Chinese Girl Becomes Youngest Master of Memory

A 10-year-old Chinese girl Yan Jiashuo has been named the International Master of Memory at the 24th World Memory Championships.

Man Files China's 1st Lawsuit on Same-sex Marriage

A homosexual man sued the local government agency in central China's Hunan Province last week over the right to marry, the China News Service rep...

Celebrity microblogger's account closed for posting illegal info

BEIJING - China's top Internet regulator on Sunday ordered the microblogging platforms of Sina and Tencent to shut down the accounts of Ren Zhiqi...

Govt office set up to protect juveniles

BEIJING - The Ministry of Civil Affairs has inaugurated a new office devoted to protecting minors, especially China's tens of millions of childre...

'Mermaid' becomes first Chinese movie to swim past $460m mark

BEIJING- Stephen Chow's "The Mermaid," a comic love story and environmental parable, became the first Chinese movie to pass the 3 billion yuan ($...

Behind China's rising divorce rate: impulse or relief?

KUNMING - Li An is living happily with his wife again, one year after they applied for divorce following endless quarrels such as who should chan...

Pregnancy Brings Hope after Tianjin Blasts

A woman who lost her 19-year-old son in the Tianjin warehouse explosion in August has conceived another child through in vitro fertilization.