Mylene Mathieu, who is from France, extended her arms, grasping a broad bamboo sieve with hands, tossing red chili peppers up and down.
Last month, plums from Payzawat county in Kashgar, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, made their export debut as they were shipped to Malaysia. The European plums grown in Xinjiang are also called Xinmei.
Rubbing, the tracing of characters onto a piece of paper, came into its own during the Song Dynasty (960-1279).
The new play Perfect Strangers by the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre has been the talk of the town because of its focus on common relationship problems faced by urban dwellers.
Shanghai has over the past two decades witnessed significant development and changes to its charity sector, as evidenced by the growing number of charity stores that have been popping up across the city.
The words of the poet Percy Shelley ring out across this ancient land, "Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
A ceremony was hosted at Beijing’s Zhengyangmen Gate on Sept 20, where artists donated their works to the Beijing Central Axis Protection Foundation,and a set of postcards was released by China Post Group.
HANGZHOU — After traveling nearly 10,000 kilometers, a package from Britain arrived at the memorial hall for the Lisbon Maru incident on Dongji island in Zhoushan city, in the eastern province of Zhejiang, early this month.
A photo exhibition, titled Angel's Smile, launched by Liu Yan Arts Special Fund, is taking place in Beijing from Sept 15 to 29, bringing children with impaired hearing, orphans and children with rare diseases, into the spotlight.
On the summer menu at Qu Lang Yuan, a restaurant nestled in a yard in a hutong alley in Beijing, a sea cucumber dish is impressing the guests.
When producer Li Dong, composer Wang Liping and Wei Lingzhi, secretary-general of the Cao Xueqin Society, met at the Cao Xueqin Memorial Hall in the China National Botanical Garden last year, it seemed at first like a casual chat between friends.
More than 10 years after graduating from the Minzu University of China in Beijing, filmmaker Ma Xiaogang recently revisited his alma mater to share behind-the-scene stories from his latest directorial effort, Someone in Glowing Twenties.