Named one of the "five greatest architects under 50" by the Huffington Post, Zhu Pei is credited with offering solutions to the challenges of ongoing urbanization in China.
More than 300 mountaineers from around the world will try to conquer some of the planet's highest peaks during this year's spring climbing season in the Tibet autonomous region.
Chinese archaeologists worked at more than 2,000 sites in 2016, and experts have selected the 10 best ones.
The city landscape of Hong Kong continues to inspire local artists to reflect on people's way of living and thinking. Joanne Wu and Law Siu-chong, both based in Hong Kong, approach urbanization in their vivid paintings.
Jianbing, a popular Chinese street snack, has lately taken New York City by storm. Brian Goldberg, founder of Mr Bing, and Reuben Shorser, co-founder of the Jianbing Company, both discovered jianbing while studying Mandarin in Beijing. After returning to New York, they both started their own jianbing businesses.
A close-up view of relics found at the ruins of a Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) holiday palace in Jinan city, capital of East China's Shandong province, April 11, 2017.
Using software to analyze social media comments and sentiments, researchers have found that 51 percent of tweets by private users of Twitter accounts contained stigma, when making reference to about Alzheimer's disease and the people who deal with this condition.
Beijing-based artist Lin Ruoxi, 54, rose to fame in the 1980s for his mastery of meticulous gongbi brushwork and the traditional flower-and-bird paintings.
A bird clings to the branch of a cherry blossom tree, gathering nectar in Qingdao city, at Shandong province. The photo was taken on April 10, 2017. More than 2,000 cherry trees are currently in full bloom at Zhongshan Park.
Maître chocolatier and "chocolate composer" Christian Constant has gathered Central America's finest cacao for his 2017 Easter egg collection. Measuring an impressive 130cm to 190cm, you can discover these scrumptious works of art at his new Paris shop at 40 Rue des Écoles.
Rural tourism maintained robust growth in China last year as more city-dwellers prefer a taste of the country life during holidays, and governments hope the burgeoning sector will help relieve poverty.
Indie songwriters and performers are grabbing their share of attention and sales as the internet opens up the music scene. Chen Nan reports.