Back in December 2020, when I last managed to get out of Beijing, I spent Christmas Day in Cizhong, a village on the Lancang River (the upper reaches of the Mekong) in a deep valley in Yunnan province. I was in search of a taste of the past; wine made from a grape varietal extinct in its native France. I not only enjoyed a bottle of the Hongxiao family's "rose honey" wine, which is produced from those rare grapes, I also sampled more sophisticated blends produced at the modern winery nearby.
HEFEI-Holding a plate of freshly made dried bean curd, Zhang Zhiju stood in front of a camera, introducing the local delicacy. The 28-year-old farmer now has a second identity as a vlogger.
A green horse head mask with a funny facial expression was a hit on Sina Weibo recently.
Under the Chinese conductor Xu Zhong, Suzhou Symphony Orchestra and Macao Orchestra performed together in a concert titled Classical meets Impressionism at the Grand Auditorium of the Macao Cultural Centre on Jan 15.
CHONGQING-A puff of freezing air burst out from a silver-colored streamlined tunnel spanning four meters, making a whizzing sweep over bifurcated, undulating fall lines on a miniature replica of skiing slopes.
Li Yinuo recalls the time, back in 2000, when she won a scholarship and went abroad to pursue her doctorate at the University of California in Los Angeles, the United States.
The sequel to China's top-grossing film of all time, The Battle at Lake Changjin, has made it to the top of the list of most-anticipated films for the weeklong Spring Festival holiday starting on Jan 31.
Joshua Dominick, 43, is helping a young man get accustomed to the swimming pool, by gently holding him. Since 2015, Dominick has been teaching wheelchair users to swim.
Young people are taking the lead in addressing environmental and biodiversity challenges.
TIANJIN-Bah Alieu, a Gambian student at North China's Tianjin University, just spent a sleepless winter night, waiting in line with 15,000 other students in the schoolyard for a second mass nucleic acid testing on Jan 11.
Beijing is a city that straddles the divide between the ancient and the modern.
For visitors, the Palace Museum in Beijing, China's former imperial palace also known as the Forbidden City, is a perfect place to glimpse the country's rich history and cultural splendor.