With footprints spanning different continents, dancer, choreographer and the artistic director of Hong Kong's City Contemporary Dance Company Yuri Ng has had a rich multicultural life and an international career.
In 1018, a princess of China's Liao Dynasty (916-1125) died at the tender age of 18 and was laid to rest beside her husband, almost 20 years her senior, who died the previous year, barely two years into their marriage.
"The princess and her consort were dressed and equipped to mount their steeds and ride off across the steppes of their fiefdom," writes Linda Cooke Johnson, a professor of history at Michigan State University in the United States, in her book on gender and identity of women from Liao and Jin, two Chinese dynasties founded by nomadic people. Here, Johnson discusses the final resting place for a princess — known as the Princess of the State of Chen — of China's Liao Dynasty (916-1125) and how she was interred with her husband by her side and with almost everything needed for a pastoral life.
In the sprawling vineyards of the country's premier wine region, the Ningxia Hui autonomous region in Northwest China, the agricultural work of harvesting grapes can be a high-stakes race against the clock.
As the latest hit TV show To the Wonder has made Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region a trendy travel destination, Zhou Fangyi, a 23-year-old fashion designer, hopes that beyond enjoying the stunning landscape, the lifestyle and fashion of the Kazak ethnic group can be appreciated by more people.
Here are some memorable landmarks along the Grand Canal in East China's Zhejiang province.
The Handbook of The Belt and Road, an encyclopedic account of the Belt and Road Initiative, was launched in multilingual versions on June 20 in Beijing.
The opening ceremony of the first China Chongqing Science and Technology Film Week was held on Wednesday night in Chongqing's Yongchuan district.
As the temperature rises, it is a good time to enjoy some green tea. Apart from well-known green teas, such as Longjing and Maofeng, a new bred green tea named Golden Shoot is worth a try.
The Liyunhe (Li Canal) Cultural Corridor in Huai'an, East China's Jiangsu province, brims with hustle and bustle on summer evenings.
It is a memory that will forever be etched in my mind.
At just 33, Zhan Chunpei has already achieved several significant milestones in her maritime career.
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