At age 12, Lei Xin had already mastered a skill most adults would never attempt: navigating a treacherous cliffside trail in the dark--not for adventure, but to go to school
Road access to the mudslide-hit Gyirong Port in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region was basically restored on the morning of September 2, facilitating the entry of more rescuers and machinery to assist in a large-scale search for the hundreds of people still missing
Set mostly in a small Chinese restaurant in war-torn Iraq in 2003, the recently released Chinese film Once Upon a Time in the Middle East has become the domestic box office smash of this summer
Chinese President Xi Jinping on September 2 called on China and Egypt to support each other, deepen cooperation, and continue advancing the building of a China-Egypt community with a shared future amid a turbulent international and regional landscape
On August 13, Russian President Vladimir Putin paid his first-ever visit to Iturup, which Japan calls Etorofu, the largest island in the southern Kuril chain where Russia operates a strategically important military base