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Visa waiver policy marks new era for Sino-Albanian tourism ties

2018-03-26 14:16

The recently adopted Visa Waiver Policy marks a new era in tourism and trade relations between Albania and China as more Chinese tourist will be able to visit Albania without a visa.

Palace Museum opens cultural innovation center in Pingyao

2018-03-26 11:03

The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, opened its first cultural innovation center outside Beijing in the old town of Pingyao in North China's Shanxi province.

Rural revival

2018-03-26 07:58

Increased investment in rural tourism to alleviate poverty not only benefits locals but also offers a wealth of new opportunities for travelers, especially in western China. Yang Feiyue reports.

Hedge fund guru shares mantra of 'radical transparency'

2018-03-26 07:39

When American investor and hedge fund manager Ray Dalio first visited China in 1984, the nation was in the early stages of the reform and opening-up process which set in motion a period of high economic growth-and a very different proposition to the country he finds today.

Guizhou's Shuanghe Cave named longest cave in Asia

2018-03-25 11:19

Shuanghe Cave in Zunyi city in southwest China's Guizhou province has been named the longest cave in Asia, and the sixth-longest in the world, cave researchers announced at a press conference on Saturday.

Chinese village ensemble rocks stages in US with pipa virtuoso

2018-03-24 15:26

With their wild energetic style music that was centuries old, a farmers ensemble from Northwest China has delivered one surprising moment after another to audiences along the way of their ongoing US tour.

Out of place: One artist's story of aboriginal life

2018-03-24 15:16

It's nothing new that an artist might be inspired by indigenous art from other lands considering Pablo Picasso's masterpiece Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), which was said to be influenced by African sculptures. However, it is rare for an artist to spend half a lifetime living with aborigines in the wilds of a foreign land just to learn the essence of their traditional art and use it as the seedbed for their own work.

Cantonese food heaven

2018-03-24 12:14

If you want to see the origins of Cantonese cuisine, you must visit Shunde district in Foshan city, Guangdong province.

Vast land, few people and reverence for Genghis Khan

2018-03-24 10:48

After a 15-hour overnight journey from Beijing onboard an olden-day green train, when a colleague and I arrived at a station in Dongsheng district of Ordos city on a weekday morning in early March, the air outside the railway premises felt cooler than the Chinese capital but not as cold as I had expected Inner Mongolia to be at such a time of the year.

In step with the steppe

2018-03-24 10:39

Vast stretches along Expressway 216, which connects urban Ordos to its rural Otog Front Banner, lie uninhabited. More animals than people can be found in this part of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region where trucks carrying coal are often the only sighted vehicles on the highway.

Foundation for Intangible cultural heritage launched at Tsinghua

2018-03-23 17:28

A foundation that aims to better protect China's intangible cultural heritage was launched at Tsinghua University in Beijing on Thursday.

Passing down Peking Opera: Students to take center stage at Beijing arts festival

2018-03-23 14:57

Four of Peking Opera artist Zhang Huoding's students will take center stage at the Tianqiao Performing Arts Center in Beijing to show the charm and inheritance of the time-honored opera form among China's younger generation.

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