A total of nine tourism projects worth 6 billion yuan ($892.9 million) in southwestern Guizhou province's capital, Guiyang, were signed at the city's tourism promotion conference in Beijing on August 4.
Two students from Africa mix some pungent herbs, one lot to repel mosquitoes and the other to ease anxiety. They are among a group of Chinese students learning traditional Chinese medicine at one of the country's top universities.
A holiday on the ocean wave is growing in popularity, especially for parents. Bookings rose nearly 50 percent year-on-year in July.
City's symphony orchestra is one of the oldest in the world and it deserves to be celebrated as one of the best, says its artistic director Yu Long.
The popularity of the Mogao Caves, which house the world's largest collection of Buddhist art, is proving their biggest threat.
When Wang Fulin visited London it was not Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, black taxis or red doubledecker buses that left the deepest impression on him.
Wang Liping talks as if it had just happened yesterday.
China has published its first encyclopedia of its 56 ethnic groups.
The 10th International Fair of Folk Art was held in Changchun, China, on August 3. The event featured up to 100 stone-made artworks, designed to replicate variety of different food and dishes.
Hidden in the midtown of bustling New York City is "City Wing Tsun". This is Alex Richter's kung fuschool which features, as the name suggests, Wing Tsun, a Hong-Kong style martial art.
Although contemporary art has developed with varying mediums and styles, realistic oil paintings still enjoy a large fan base in China.
At age 13, Xiao Xian (1902-97) was hailed a calligraphy prodigy for being skilled in the cleric lishu script.