The signs are everywhere: Winter (Olympics) is coming.
In a world where it seems that everyone has a voice online, few people's voices can really be heard; In a world where, superficially at least, the internet has entitled people to better understand diversity, the gaps between generations, countries and opportunities remain, and in some cases, seem to be growing.
When Fuhai county in Altay prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, is blanketed by snow in the bone-chilling winter, the fish in the county's Ulungur Lake are, apparently, at their tastiest with their exceptionally delicate flesh.
China's groundbreaking double bass player Zheng Deren turned 100 years old this week, according to traditional Chinese custom which gives a year's age to a newborn. The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra hosted a concert on Wednesday to celebrate his storied life.
China's declining birthrate in recent years has been driven by a decreasing number of women of childbearing age, changes in young people's attitudes toward marriage and fertility, and rising child care costs, health officials said on Thursday.
Participants from home and abroad called for broad consensus of sharing weal and woe among different countries and building a community with a shared future for mankind at an oriental civilization forum in Beijing on January 19.
As the Lunar New Year approaches, huamo — steamed buns shaped into animals and figures to create a festive atmosphere — enter peak sales season in some Chinese regions.
A 56-year-old man in Southwest China's Guizhou province has worked to preserve and modernize Nuo Opera for more than 30 years and has also managed to pass the tradition on to others.
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.
What's the mission for a director who works in theater? It's different for every one, but Lithuanian director Rimas Tuminas, who is the artistic director of the Eugene Vakhtangov Theater in Moscow, got his own answer decades ago after suffering from a throbbing toothache.