This is a traditional art form in Northeast China - but like all traditional entertainment, it's working hard to compete with modern distractions.
A rebuilt kindergarten, that was flattened in the Sichuan quake, now serves as a platform for coordinating the work of grassroots organizations and NGOs.
Tian'anmen Square has a new sentinel as a larger-than-life statue of the ancient sage Confucius now watches over its visitors.
Meng Jianwei believed his father might still be alive.
New policies often result in interest reapportionments.
The proliferation of violent standoffs between local administrative authorities and residents over forced demolitions has pushed the central government to reform relevant regulations.
The new generation of migrant workers still suffers from a range of problems, including discrimination, infringement of their rights and limited access to essential social services, a six-month survey in North China's coal-rich Shanxi province has found.
Local authorities in Zhengzhou, capital of Central China's Henan province, have denied media reports that they dispatched thousands of police officers to break a strike by the city's taxi drivers.
A man who used fake military documents to evade 3.68 million yuan ($557,000) in highway toll fees in a Central China city has been sentenced to life in prison for fraud.
A record 56 million mainland tourists traveled overseas last year, Shao Qiwei, head of the China National Tourism Administration, said on Wednesday.
Britain may be on the other side of the world, but Chinese manufacturers are cashing in on the British royal wedding as they churn out tens of thousands of replica royal engagement rings.
Sixteen people were killed, and 23 others were injured in an expressway accident in Xuchang, Central China's Henan Province, in wee hours Wednesday.