• Low-Carbon Cycling Wedding in E China

  People & Stories |

  Bride Xu Siyuan and groom Zhang Gongyi ride public bicycles to their wedding in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, on May 20. In Chinese "5/20" is a homophone for "I love you". [Chinanews.com / Courtesy of Yang Bo]

• Young Chinese Girl Shines at Cannes

  People & Stories |

  A 12-year-old girl from northeast China's Liaoning Province attracted judges'attention at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in France last week.

• Brave Girl Sells Newspapers to Support Stricken Family

  People & Stories |

  Qianqian, a 14-year-old girl from Liaocheng, east China's Shandong Province, has been selling newspapers on busy city streets from early this year to make a living for her shattered family.

• Woman Diverts Traffic to Protect Injured Motorist

  People & Stories |

  An unidentified woman has recently been widely praised for standing amid an endless stream of cars to protect a victim of a road accident in Tai'an, east China's Shandong Province.

• Luxury karaoke club raid leads to dozens of arrests

  People & Stories |

  A luxury night club in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, was raided on Thursday night for providing sex services.

• Migrants' children will be able to take gaokao locally

  People & Stories |

  Thousands can choose to sit for national college exam in Guangdong, instead of returning home

• Ex-Taiwan leader brought island closer to mainland

  People & Stories |

  Throughout his two terms, Taiwan's former leader Ma Ying-jeou brought the island closer to the mainland, increasing the number of tourists, business deals and talks across the Straits to a level not thought possible a decade ago, experts say.

• Hutong to receive cultural makeover

  People & Stories |

  More cultural spaces will be encouraged in Beijing's highly commercialized hutong, including the popular Nanluoguxiang, according to the Dongheng district government.

• How wrong HIV diagnose ruined a man's life

  People & Stories |

  Imagine waking up one day and being told that you not only have an incurable disease, but also one that has lots of stigma attached to it. Now imagine being deserted by wife, children and neighbors and forced to live in complete isolation for 10 years.

• Poll: Young more open to diversity in sexuality

  People & Stories |

  Only one in 20 people who belong to a sexual or gender-identity minority in China are fully open about that aspect of their life.