297 From newspapers, people have heard of body bombs in Baghdad, or car bombs in Kabul, but they have never seen such an extreme violence...

294 From 1950s to 1990s, if you commuted (to/from your office, factory or school) by bus every day, you must remember to buy yuepiao (月票,...

In 2000, the government began to build a nationwide internet firewall, namely notorious the Great Firewall (GFW), to block China netizens...

People were accustomed to two kinds of casualties. The first was a car bomb explosion in a turbulent country (e.g. fghanistan), and the...

There is a famous saying by Lin Zexu (林则徐, a politician in Qing Dynasty) - yourongnaida wuyuzegang (有容乃大无欲则刚). Since then on, until...

Before 1990s, all scenarists, directors and actors were employees of state-owned film studios. They only created the films that the...

If you work in a state-owned company, and you aren't a party member before the age of 30, and you don't become an official before the age...

There is a popular saying in China: buchenggong bianchengren (不成功便成仁), meaning that you had better defeat your enemy, if you can't defeat...

In 2004, Liu Xiang (刘翔), a 21-years-old 110-meter hurdler from Shanghai and the champion of the Athens Olympics, became a new national...

靖国神社 -- Almost all Chinese people are familiar with these four characters. It means "Yasukuni Shrine", a shintoist temple in Tokyo, Japan...

The government spent ten years (1995-2005) to construct the most controversial hydropower project in central China, the Three Gorges Dam...

In 2003, the government launched China's first web-based nationwide lottery - shuangseqiu (双色球), and 45% of lottery revenue will be used...

Before 2003, China had a special law, which authorized police to detain vagrants and beggars from other provinces and repatriate them to...

Every September, many children reach schooling age (6 years old). The government guarantees them to receive education in elementary...

Since 2000, one of people's favorite chatting topics was songjianglian (宋江恋) -- the unconfirmed relationship between female singer Song...

In ancient China, after an old emperor died, new emperor would bring his most trusted courtier(s) (MTC). The communist party retained...

In 2003, Taobao.com (淘宝) -- an online shopping (OS) platform which completely changed the traditional shopping way of Chinese people in...

In 2003, two outstanding singers (also outstanding actors) in Hong Kong who China fans really liked passed away. They were Anita Mui...

On February 1, 2003, when returning to earth, US space shuttle Columbia broke apart over northern Texas, leaving a long white strip of...

On March 20, 2003, the United States launched the Iraq War that attracted worldwide attention. China's state-run TV station reported the...