The Hong Kong Rugby Sevens are more than one of Hong Kong's favorite sporting events. The competition draws visitors from all over Asia, and keeps fans who can't make the trip glued to TVs at home and in popular bars and restaurants.
Sun Yat-sen and his wife dined here. So did the Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw. Chairman Mao hosted visiting heads of state and welcomed Chinese writers, and Premier Zhou Enlai ate and drank with US envoy Henry Kissinger.
I confess I was a bit taken aback to hear that Temple Restaurant Beijing, often lauded as the best restaurant in the capital, was abandoning the more laid-back format of its elegant spinoff, TRB-Bites.
Changing natural scenery has always been a favor of landscape painters, whatever techniques and methods they employ.
Aerial photo taken on March 29, 2017 shows a boat competition to celebrate the upcoming Sanyuesan Festival at Xizha scenic spot in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province.
Chinese violinist Wang Jiazhi performs during her Carnegie Hall debut in New York, the United States, March 28, 2017.
South Australian researchers have thrown into doubt reported benefits of giving preterm babies omega-3 supplements, after studies found no noticeable difference in the health of premature infants after being given the fatty acids.
The turnover for antique and art auctions in China last year rose 13.3 percent to 31.7 billion yuan ($4.6 billion), the China Association of Auctioneers said on Wednesday.
Aerial photos show Anhui segment of Huizhou-Hangzhou Highway in East China.
A university in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, is requiring undergraduates to learn tai chi as a compulsory course amid public attention on Tsinghua University's emphasis on swimming.
The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, has 1,862,690 cultural relics registered in its collection as of the end of 2016, according to Shan Jixiang, curator of the museum, on Wednesday.
Yang Liping will present her latest dance production, Peacock of Winter, in Beijing soon.
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