In modern times, the Tanka claim to be ordinary Chinese who happen to fish for a living, and the local dialect is used as their language.

Many ordinary Chinese are nostalgic for the days, only a generation ago, when Communist ideology and enforced poverty prevented anyone from getting rich.

Throughout the nation, unparalleled numbers of ordinary Chinese have registered their feelings as emphatically as possible.

Most ordinary Chinese had little love for the veteran military man.

Many ordinary Chinese who saw the President indeed came away enthusiastic and impressed - feeling, even acting, more free.

For centuries, ordinary Chinese have greeted each other on the street with a question that reflected the nation's primary concern: "Chi le ma?"

No ordinary Chinese was allowed to view this procession or the following ceremony.

Millions of ordinary Chinese were executed under these accusations.

The contrast is profound with the mood in most of the last dozen years, when ordinary Chinese were ardent backers of change.

Above all, tens of millions of ordinary Chinese are desperate to become shareholders.