When a blogger was sentenced to two years of reeducation-through-labor, his treatment sent shivers down the spines of many Chinese internet users.
China's most famous liquor maker is taking a leaf out of Apple's book and opening up own-brand stores across the country.
What would the world have been like if Nikita Khrushchev had had a Weibo account?
The traditional dwellings of grassland nomads are disappearing as more and more people settle on the land.
The housing ministry's plans to create a database of home owners could focus unwelcome attention on officials' bloated property portfolios.
The coastal province of Guangdong was the first beneficiary of China’s export-driven growth, but some villagers still regret the day that factories replaced farms.
What should the Chinese make of the Japanese visitor who had Wuhan's police force and television networks helping to locate his stolen bicycle?
The rise and fall of China's gang-busting cop who checked into the U.S. consulate after being demoted.
Fujian has put its air raid shelters to new uses after tensions eased with its eastern neighbor, Taiwan. Instead of terrified citizens, the shelters now hold bananas.
Two decades of rising tea prices were a boon for villagers in Fujian, but the girls who used to work the plantations now want jobs in factories and shops.
