- Leisure weekend life in Urumqi
From being terrified, to numbness, anger, panic, insomnia and relative calmness, the victims are getting better.

- 'Don't lose at the starting gate'
Getting their only child - the bearer of family aspirations - into the right schools is all-important for many young parents.

- Red tape to test transsexuals' desire
Yang Sisi feels he is different, and knows in his heart there is only one solution: an operation to make him a woman.

- 'Only respect will restore trust'
In the wake of the latest catastrophe, much remains to be done to rebuild the trust between ethnic groups.

- Community spirit helps village addicts say farewell to opium
A "community rehabilitation" project has almost wiped out opium abuse in a village.

- As violence ends, real pain begins
The riot in Urumqi may have been quelled but the heartbreak for those who lost loved ones has just begun.

- Anxious families look for relatives missing in riot
They sobbed, they cried, loud and clear. They gazed at a spot of the floor for a long time.