"Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends," said Denis Morisset, a professor in international luxury brand management at ESSEC Business School, quoting Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, at a fair for French luxury education in Beijing on Dec 9.
2017 is also a year that saw a series of animated films and TV series that surprised people. Many animation fans excitedly commented on the internet: “Our Chinese animation is rising.” Here are five big and small works newly produced in 2017.
When you work hard preparing for a test, but still ending up failing, it can be upsetting. But Huang Hongchuan turned one such unpleasant experience into a promising business idea.
JA China works with companies and schools to nurture young entrepreneurs.
Young entrepreneurs from China and Sweden had an opportunity to show their talent for technological innovation at the first Nobel Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition this month.
When pianist Zhang Shengliang, 20, was in Beijing recently ahead of the release of his new album, he showed that he has lost none of his old flair.
A 15th century ink-brush painting marking a lifelong friendship between two artists fetched 148 million yuan ($22 million) at a Beijing auction Monday night.
A mass maintenance project to return Jiayuguan Pass, the west end of the Great Wall in Gansu province, to its former histric grandeur is coming to an end.
Heather Elgood says those who attend her class at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, include students in their 20s and even 70s.
Ink-brush master Zhang Daqian’s hanging scroll painting, Riverside View of Splendor, fetched 132 million yuan ($19.9 million) at a Beijing auction Monday night.
In his recent paintings, Xue Ruozhe has been observing people's inner worlds without depicting their facial expressions, the strongest reflection of human emotions.
Amazon China unveiled the bestselling books in China for 2017 last Friday, giving an insight into Chinese people's reading habits. The list included bestsellers both in paper books and e-books on Kindle.