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Older Chinese blaze newer trails

2018-08-14 08:13

A growing number of retirees are hitting the road. And the travel industry is maturing to serve this emerging market, Yang Feiyue reports.

Returning Chinese athletes honored

2018-08-14 08:00

The Beijing Summer Olympic Games in 2008 arguably pushed Chinese sports to a pinnacle-and while the legacy of those Games lives on, the contribution to the country's sporting success by overseas Chinese is equally unforgettable.

Chinese books in great demand at Bolivian International Book Fair

2018-08-13 16:13

Bolivian interest in Chinese culture has proved overwhelming at the La Paz International Book Fair (FIL) 2018.

Guangxi tourism promotion show wins acclaim at UN headquarters

2018-08-13 15:30

These are just a few of the dozens of pictures exhibited at a recent tourism show featuring the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region of China, held at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Restored or ruined? Botched Buddha restoration sparks outcry in China

2018-08-13 14:58

The botched restoration of a 1,000-year-old Buddha statue in Southwest China has sparked widespread shock and ridicule after photos of its cartoonish color scheme surfaced online.

Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition takes place

2018-08-13 11:43

The second Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition opened on Saturday, with 27 young musicians from home and abroad taking part in the event named after the late US violinist.

Beijing Great Wall closes following downpour forecast

2018-08-13 11:39

The Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing's Yanqing district temporarily closed starting Saturday afternoon, as a heavy rainstorm is expected to hit the area.

Xu Zhimo memorial garden at King's College Cambridge opens to public

2018-08-13 10:55

Chinese poet Xu Zhimo's memorial garden opened at King's College Cambridge in England on Friday, during the fourth annual Cambridge Xu Zhimo Poetry and Art Festival. Dozens of poets from China and Britain gathered in the garden, reading their own works on the theme of Birds and Gardens.

Lu Xun Literature Prize names 2014-17 winners

2018-08-13 09:05

The Seventh Lu Xun Literature Prize announced its final winners for 2014-17 on Saturday in Beijing.

Trek down the tracks

2018-08-13 07:42

A photographer from Beijing goes on an epic journey to retrace the steps of the thousands of Chinese workers who built the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States

Cool mountain retreat offers a respite for urban dwellers

2018-08-11 09:38

It's like you have entered an air-conditioned world when you set foot on Tiantai Mountain in Qionglai, west of Sichuan province's capital Chengdu.

The last champion of the Song brocade

2018-08-11 08:41

Qian Xiaoping may have been lauded as the person who revived the Song brocade, but the humble 79-year-old insists that she is merely "a copycat of her predecessors' innovations".

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