Tengchong's history and culture are closely related to jade. Hundreds of jewelry shops and stalls cluster in the city's markets.
Red is remarkable. It embodies and encapsulates so many of our states, both positive and negative. Power, wealth, passion, love, jealousy, envy, danger, death - from our blood to our love, from our hearts to our late reminder bills, from our halting at traffic lights to Mars, and to the little red b
"Our school is like a mini technology park," says Yang Hongying, headmaster of New Jindai Primary School in Liangping district, Chongqing.
"Just as every maple leaf is different, every child has his or her own personality," says Liu Qun, principal of Jiayuguan Primary School in Qingdao, Shandong province.
Though her 2015 album Aphasia earned her six nominations at the prestigious Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, including Album of the Year and Best Mandarin Female Singer, singer-songwriter Tanya Chua decided to slow things down.
At first blush you may suspect that Anjing Primary School, on the outskirts of Guiyang, in Guizhou province, would struggle to match it with its peers in regard to academic performance. After all, 40 percent of its 1,573 students are children of migrant workers and rural villagers - the kinds of chi
Minor Cold is the 23rd solar term of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms. For most areas of China, it marks the start of the coldest days of the year. This year's Minor Cold starts on Jan 5.
To welcome the new year, nine young speakers from Beijing, Hong Kong and overseas universities shared their thoughts on the Chinese dream, environmental conservation, art, wellbeing and adulthood.
The past year was not an ordinary year for China's entertainment industry. Some big celebrities were caught in scandals while young potentials rose to fame. Some tied the knot while others broke apart.
When Ren Yi began teaching Chinese in the US city of Denver over 20 years ago, she never thought she would become a popular author of Chinese language textbooks.
"The Yueju Opera troupe is coming!" It is the big news of the day for the residents of Yangjia, East China's Zhejiang province. They can barely contain their excitement and keep announcing the news to everyone they meet. Since the village has constructed a cultural auditorium, operas, performances a
An accidental author Di An didn't plan to follow her parents' footsteps to become a writer. But fate had different plans for the rich-list novelist, Wang Ru reports.