When she was younger, English professor Yang Jia dreamed of being like characters in the books she read.

One of Hollywood’s “celluloid ceilings” has been smashed now that Kathryn Bigelow has become the first female ever to win a Best Director Oscar.

The photograph shows a starkly handsome Chinese man walking with a model's measured gait, and wearing a rag-tag but well co-ordinated overcoat on top of a leather jacket. His eyes peer into the middle distance, in what one fan described as "a deep and penetrating way", and he strides confidently forward.

Time to get back to work, right? Well, not everyone is. Which brings us to our next major topic: The labor shortage.

Like many other Beijingers, Ji Lin takes the bus or subway, especially on days when his car is not allowed on roads under the capital's vehicle restriction scheme.

For the first time, China has two players into the semi-finals of a grand slam, while only one of the Williams girls could survive beyond the quarter-finals at the slam Down Under, and at one stage it seemed as though there would be no Californians in the last four, though Serena, the defending champion and the world No 1, came from a set and 0-4 down to defeat Victoria Azarenka, from Belarus.

The Chinese peacekeepers in Haiti do everything as forces from other nations - patrolling the streets, guarding key spots and checking vehicles. But there is one thing that seems to be uniquely Chinese.

Every January, Bill writes an Annual Letter, which includes his thoughts on the work of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and progress it is making toward achieving its goals. Interest in the 2009 Annual Letter was one reason Bill decided to create the Gates Notes website.

When it comes to stock trading, age does not necessarily equal wisdom.

Chen Yan has been restless since he learned a 7.3-magnitude earthquake wreaked havoc in Haiti.

The Chinese doctoral student who breached security at the Newark Liberty International Airport in the United States will appear in the Newark municipal court on the morning of Jan 28, a court official told China Daily on Tuesday.

A Chinese graduate's record-setting $8,888,888 donation to his school at Yale University has stirred wide debate at home. While some say it's up to Zhang Lei to do as he likes, others question why he didn't donate to his alma mater in Beijing.

YY: they don't mean much right now, but Chinese basketball fans hope these two initials could herald future victories for the national team.

Many people wonder why the Wonder Girls receive so much love from nearly everyone in Korea and world-wide. Some say it’s their music, their pretty face, JYP, etc. But as you grow to love and understand them, you will know that it’s their humanity that attracts you. What makes a group strong is showing care and concern for each other no matter when. Only then, can the group soar high and overcome any difficulties.

In China, they are known as nongmingong, meaning "farmers-turned-workers", a term that likely means more in Chinese than it does in English.