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Wuhan film tells stories of hope and kindness

2020-10-08 23:54

A raw and gritty documentary captures the chaos and trauma of the early days of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, and lays bare how dedicated nurses and doctors battled to save thousands at the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

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Trees provide sweet guqin music-and sometimes love comes along, too

2020-10-08 08:47

Half a century ago, people in Lankao county, Henan province, planted paulownia-fast-growing trees that can get 30 meters tall-to counter desertification. Today, with their large, heart-shaped leaves, the trees have become a source of wealth by turning into musical instruments.

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Guardians of an ancient craft

2020-10-08 08:39

Chen Yishi, 73, of Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, has devoted most of his life to woodblock printing, an ancient art that has embodied the charm of Chinese characters for hundreds of years.

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Rings of fiber: local dish on the menu in Chongli

2020-10-07 10:29

One of the dishes served up for visitors to Chongli district, Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, when they come for the 2022 Winter Olympics will have a distinctly local flavor.

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Olympics see district dig into ancient local culture

2020-10-07 10:22

It might only be one fifth the size of the Forbidden City in Beijing, but Taizicheng, or Prince City, in Chongli district, Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, is set to share the spotlight as the 2022 Winter Olympics draw ever nearer.

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Blossoming in retirement: New love, new skills

2020-10-07 09:14

Wu Qinchang, 75, a senior aeronautical engineer from Beijing, enriches his life in retirement by creating botanical art with hands that once assembled airplanes.

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Chinese porcelains used in Ottoman palace on display in Istanbul

2020-10-06 16:45

Now, a nearly 12,000-piece collection of Chinese porcelain is on display in the Topkapi Palace Museum, revealing an uninterrupted historical chronology of the evolution of Chinese porcelains from the 13th to the 19th century.

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Macao's tourism sector witnesses mild rebound during National Day holiday

2020-10-06 16:20

The tourism industry in China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) has welcomed the long-awaited mainland tourists during China's National Day holiday, although the tourists numbers and business performance from Thursday to Monday indicated this was a mild beginning of rebound.

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Dining in a place where 'plov is love'

2020-10-06 15:23

Cuisine is an accessible path to learn about a country. And Uzbekistan's gastronomy is also a way to know about the countries that surround it.

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Holiday fuels China's box office revenue growth

2020-10-05 13:46

China's box office revenue in the first four days of the ongoing eight-day national holiday reached 2.5 billion yuan (about $368 million) despite epidemic prevention and control measures.

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How man eventually found his paradise

2020-10-03 10:04

By the time Eric Domb had turned 32, he was a highly successful lawyer, had his own financial advice consultancy and was making a lot of money. Nevertheless, he says, he somehow felt dissatisfied.

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COVID-19, the reawakening to simpler ways

2020-10-03 09:55

There's a boogeyman loose in the world, and as it spreads fear around the globe, people are finding that things they once considered important don't seem to be so anymore. As COVID-19 claims more and more victims, people are giving up embellishments and vanities that once occupied their attention an

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