Obama informed of Merkel surveillance

Lenovo's new secret weapon: Hollywood star

Europe monitors phones, Internet

Xi offers support to overseas Chinese

Women, lean in

Weatherman with vision dies, age 98

Gunmen kill dozens of students in Nigeria

Tickets for 9 yuan offered on new Hebei air route

Chongqing launches 72-hour visa-free stays

Market for English courses surges

US trio wins Nobel chemistry prize

Study finds 40 percent of parents happy with one child

Spain seeks time zone change

Chinese arts travel the world

US debt ceiling crisis continues

China, Russia reach big oil deal

Terror at sea as Thai tourist ferry sinks

Lang Lang takes on UN Messenger of Peace role

Women's congress aims to close income gap, lift status

Shuttle bus makes time fly for Beijing commuters

Questions linger over gouged eyes incident

Human Library gets people talking

Toronto mayor admits he smoked crack

Democrats win NYC and Virginia

Xi calls for targeted policies to fight poverty

Former mistresses are active online whistle-blowers

Chongqing finds opportunity selling motorcycles

India launches exploratory spacecraft to red planet

New road links remote Tibet county to rest of the country

Film project to spotlight ethnic groups