Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found that a protein, known as CD47, has a role in enabling atherosclerosis, the process underlying heart attacks and strokes.
Over 50 percent of Chinese babies aged under six months are purely breastfed, according to a National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) official Monday, the first day of 2016 World Breastfeeding Week.
Built in 1729, the Dege Sutra-Printing House in Dege county, Southwest China's Sichuan province, has 320,000 Tibetan sutra printing blocks
Free Wi-Fi is now available on a trial basis at the Palace Museum, according to Chinanews.com. Visitors can access the free internet service by linking to "PalaceMuseum-WiFi" using their smartphones or tablet computers.
Ma Li works with woodblock printing at a studio in Sibao town, Liancheng county, East China's Fujian province.
To 51-year-old Pan Jifeng, the long hair that women of the Yao ethnic group have kept for generations is a symbol of auspiciousness.
The 20th session of "Mrs. Globe", an internationally renowned beauty contest for married women, kicked off in Beijing Friday, putting the unique "culture of Mrs" on the spot.
An exhibition featuring animal-shaped cultural relics unearthed from the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th century-11th century) to the year 1949 is under way in Beijing.
Night falls. Waves of pilgrims gradually begin leaving Jokhang Monastery in the old part of Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region.
As a well-known art historian, Shao Dazhen has written lots of books on modern art of the East and West as well as done reviews of countless artists' works for about half a century.
An artist's ongoing Beijing show reveals both his global vision and rich experience, Lin Qi reports.
A giant yellow rubber duck on Harbin section of the Songhuajiang River in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province. The 18-meter-high rubber duck, designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, will be displayed here for one month.
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