• New race series aims to promote cycling for pleasure

  People & Stories |

  Inspired by a growing enthusiasm for fitness among Chinese people, Internet-based company Le Sports announced on Wednesday the launch of a road cycling series in nine major Chinese cities.

• Former inmate's success story to be shared with other prisoners

  People & Stories |

  A Chinese NGO is sharing the story of an entrepreneurial ex-convict with inmates at 681 prisons around the country in the hopes that it will help them turn their lives around.

• Shanghai park triggers huge Disney rush

  People & Stories |

  Enthusiastic customers snapped up the first batch of tickets in just five minutes on Monday for the opening day of the Shanghai Disneyland park on June 16, temporarily crashing the official website.

• Mom Keeps Autistic Son Company at School

  People & Stories |

  Pang Zhihua, a 55-year-old mother in southwest China's Sichuan Province, has been living a unique lifestyle for the past several years – spending each day together with her son Bao Han, who suffers from autism, and accompanying him to lessons.

• Chinese Police Promote Safety Tips via 'A4 Paper Challenge'

  People & Stories |

  Police from Yibin, southwest China's Sichuan Province, have joined in the latest social media craze, dubbed the "A4 Waist Challenge", to raise safety awareness among members of the public.

• Chinese urban schools strive to 'slim' oversize classes

  Issues to Talk About |

  JINAN -- At a cramped classroom in Heze city, 87 students pack into their desks. The room is so full, students brim to the blackboard, with the only visible space two small aisles that allow them to escape for recess.

• Pink fish makes a splash in ancient town

  People & Stories |

  After his giant Yellow Duck debuted in Hong Kong three years ago, Florentijn Hofman has made a giant pink Floating Fish for Wuzhen, an ancient water town in Zhejiang province.

• Beijing promotes eco-friendly burials ahead of Tomb-Sweeping Day

  People & Stories |

  A man scatters the ashes of his late father into the sea in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province.

• Medical experience zone aims to make hospitals fun

  Useful Info |

  An interactive experience zone for children designed to simulate a visit to the hospital will be built in a Shanghai metro station this year.

• Hospital trains look to restore sight for 12,000 low-income patients

  Useful Info |

  Four hospital trains will soon leave Beijing on an eight-month mission to help thousands of people around China see again.