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Even as the United States has tried to slow China’s advancements, it has not held back the practice of openly releasing software to encourage its adoption.

While warrior monks with an online following have broadened the reach of Shaolin, some question if it is fitting for them to embrace the Internet. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Over the past few weeks, the publications Sina, Tencent, Caixin, China Youth Daily, and the publishing duo Sixth Tone/The Paper published photo stories on the intimate, the industrial, the private, and the political. Journalists Yan Cong and Ye Ming have rounded up the best documentary photography of the month published in China by Chinese photographers.

Possible visit by U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi would be a dramatic, though not unprecedented, show of U.S. support for the island

On a freezing winter day, boys as young as 7 are running shirtless in a Beijing Park, training to be "real men." It's part of a backlash in China against flawlessly made-up Chinese pop stars and an existential fear for nation's "virility."

From the looks of his skin, Yan Cong spends a lot of time outdoors exposed to the sun, wind and rain.

BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- At the time for Chinese New Year blessings, a tradition of the Chinese people is to greet each other with lucky words laced with the

In May 2016, the Emirates airline inaugurated its new direct service to the Chinese city of Yinchuan. Yinchuan joins Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou as destinations served by Emirates, meaning that a passenger who boards a plane in Dubai is now able to fly nonstop to China’s first, second, third, or 71st most populous urban area.Yinchuan, situated on the loess-covered

In rural Hunan province, about two hours from the city of Changsha, a young woman named Zhang Meili married a violent man. According to local police, Zhang had trouble coping with her husband’s strong sexual appetite and he became jealous and controlling. Often, he lashed out at her in a jealous rage, threatening to kill her and himself. He beat her and more than once tried to

Being a photojournalist involves reacting to breaking news, a dedication to long-term projects, and everything in between. This month’s showcase of work by Chinese photographers published in Chinese media underscores this range of angles: from the immediate response to last week’s tornado disaster that destroyed parts of Jiangsu province, to the seasonal reports on the