Xiao Chen, 26, who works at Mount Tai in Shandong Province, China, accompanies tourists on their trek to the peak – but many of his female clients often want to be carried up the last 1,000 steps.

On Sunday, more than 1,000 depositors from across China gathered outside the Zhengzhou ... occupied a flight of imposing stairs outside the bank, chanting slogans and holding up banners.

A woman in China who helped her disabled father by making deliveries for his home appliance store, often climbing stairs with white goods like refrigerators on her back, has won praise from ...