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Global stage for Chinese theater in Edinburgh

2026-08-24 13:59

A selection of Chinese productions took center stage in Edinburgh on Aug 16, as the "China On Stage 2026" showcase brought theater makers from professional companies, drama schools and emerging-director programs together with international industry professionals during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Fishing heritage finds a new shore

2026-08-24 07:08

When the tide retreats at Tanmen, people go after it. During the fishing town's summer beachcombing season, visitors spread across the exposed shore. Locals call the activity ganhai — literally, going out to "catch the sea

Grandma behind the counter

2026-08-24 06:59

At 86, Qingdao cafe owner has turned a struggling business into a place where coffee, companionship and purpose meet.

Time-honored pharmacy brings TCM to the modern age

2026-08-24 06:53

In the bustling Dashilar area, a renowned tourist destination in downtown Beijing, Melvyn, a young man from Brussels, stepped into the Tong Ren Tang pharmacy, a time-honored brand with over 350 years of history.

Chinese food is the world's oyster

2026-08-24 06:47

Documentary follows the pursuit of xian among chefs, scientists and families, from mountains to sea, and from East to West, Li Yingxue reports.

Delicacy offers relief from Sichuan's fiery spices

2026-08-24 06:26

Specially preserved vegetables, known as paocai, hold the region's bold flavors together as a perfect palate cleans.

Young Tianjin lad impresses passers-by with skilled bamboo clapper beats

2026-08-21 16:43

Netizens have recently loved a video of a young boy who impresses passers‑by with a wonderful "kuaiban" performance from the rear seat of his mother's electric bike.

An exhibition of great maritime expeditions

2026-08-21 14:28

If you ask who the greatest navigator of the 18th century was, James Cook is a name not to be overlooked. This British Royal Navy officer made three epic voyages across the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779, filling in the outlines of the vast "blank spaces" on European maps of that time.

SAOTA China tour meets the soul of Sichuan

2026-08-21 12:19

SAOTA, the South African architecture practice, has taken its ongoing 40th-anniversary retrospective tour to China's southwest.

Silent witness to vanishing worlds

2026-08-21 09:09

By the time Erfan Omar's face is painted near the end of Odes to Heroes, his character is no longer the boy who has spent years wondering why his father left the family.

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