![Families come together during the Lunar New Year, and pork and chive dumplings are at the top of the menu [Simina Mistreanu/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/85d45d6d15214a689107f53438b34544_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Pork prices have doubled in China, but that won’t stop families enjoying the traditional dumplings on Lunar New Year.
![An installation in the Sanlitun commercial area in the run-up to the People''s Republic of China''s 70th anniversary [Simina Mistreanu/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/f1d1fb1bdfc647929cbd68787fdc2eee_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Pigeons caged, dogs banned and Internet slowed as China prepares to mark 70 years of Communist rule
![Dr Zhou Xulong analyses a patient's tumour cells before an intervention [Simina Mistreanu/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/3630f3c4d46c4d6d83f54419099cb2dc_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Dr Xu Kecheng wanted to find a way for advanced-stage cancer patients to live with the disease rather than die from it.