An ongoing exhibition at the National Museum of China showcases works from the French Revolution to the early 20th century.
Award-winning Chinese photographer presents an intimate look at nature's wonders.
Hainan has been making great progress toward its goal of becoming a world-class tourist destination.
Chinese travel to the European country is recovering, following a slump attributed to terrorist attacks in recent years.
JINAN - A cherubic child holding a big fish, a giant tree bearing golden coins as fruit, or delicate woodblock paintings are all often hung at homes during the Chinese Lunar New Year. For many Chinese, bright-colored woodblock paintings, which are hung at almost every door, windows and walls for festival decorations, are quite time-limited. As soon as the parties come to an end, these print works are at once thrown away.
China is divided into as many culinary regions as there are different ethnic groups. Its geographical diversity and kaleidoscopic cultural profiles contribute to the unending banquet of flavors.
Xi Jiangyue has one of the hardest jobs of the evening. As show host he has to break the ice with what may be a demanding audience, lulling them into the right mood for the comedians who will appear later. After the pleasantries come the inevitable gags.
Quiet, introverted and timid in front of strangers, twice a week she decides to hop out of her cozy cocoon, and the person who emerges, commanding center stage, is a performer named Xiao Wu, a rare woman in the tough world of Beijing stand-up comedy.
With a mindset that favors the reserved thinking of the collective, some reckon that Chinese have traditionally found it difficult to laugh at themselves. Four decades after the country began opening up to the world, that seems to have changed.
It suddenly snows in the Qinling Mountains, and Guanyintang town in Sanmenxia, Henan province is ankles deep in the white stuff. People in this little remote town are then homebound, but no matter how windy it is and how heavy the snowfall is, some people have not respite.
Two art galleries will be unveiled in buildings along the Bund this June as part of efforts to preserve heritage architecture while bringing historical relics closer to the masses.
Sanya is developing world-class attractions to entice visitors in the coming years.
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