This summer, China’s most-talked-about show didn’t center around well-to-do urbanites or a crime-ridden rust belt town, but a 45-year-old cleaning lady and her one-night stand with a much younger man.

After an almost 24-hour journey to Shanghai, Gladys Cobbina, a Ghanaian entrepreneur, stood at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, introducing curious visitors to her all-natural ...

Nearly 50 years ago, Shen Jian got a job making Baile-brand accordions at the Shanghai Accordion Factory. The factory is long gone — closed during a round of state-owned enterprise consolidation in ...

In June, a 17-year-old fashion design student from a tiny Chinese village became a national sensation by beating thousands of elite graduates to reach the final of a prestigious global math contest.

When Jin Daming moved from northern China to Shanghai, hoping to start a career as a pastry chef, he was prepared for a fast-paced city — but he didn’t expect the city’s sign language to feel so alien ...

Like millions of Chinese millennials, I spent my childhood summer vacations planted in front of the TV, binging a near-endless stream of reruns of the 1986 TV adaptation of “Journey to the West” — one ...

Note: China’s public hospitals are classified into three tiers, with tier 3 being the highest level. Each tier is further divided into three grades — A, B, and C — by regional health authorities. The ...

Two days after AstraZeneca announced that Wang Lei, head of its China operations, is under investigation, questions are growing over the company’s role within China’s health care sector. The ...

It’s just 24 hours before the final of the TV talent contest “The King of Stand-up Comedy,” and contestant Gao Xiang is about to hit several open mic nights to test his act in front of live audiences.

Sleep talking has long been considered a harmless, even amusing habit. But new research indicates that the disorder should be taken more seriously, as it could be an early sign of severe underlying ...

BUSAN, South Korea — A dinosaur’s head peers out from a tangle of wildflowers. Half a horse stands watch beside saplings and scattered blossoms. These fragments are part of Ms. Hu’s hidden garden in ...

Two years after her mother’s death, Yu Jia discovered a random snapshot of her online — a fleeting moment captured by a “street view” car while it collected data for a Chinese navigation app. She’s in ...