Ruins of city walls have been discovered in Northwest China's Lop Nor Desert, the site of the former capital of Loulan, a prosperous settlement built about 2,000 years ago to serve passing traders traveling the Silk Road.
Gerelchimeg Blackcrane is more than 1.9 meters tall and when he shows up at public events, he wears Mongolian gowns.
The Hong Kong Rugby Sevens are more than one of Hong Kong's favorite sporting events. The competition draws visitors from all over Asia, and keeps fans who can't make the trip glued to TVs at home and in popular bars and restaurants.
Sun Yat-sen and his wife dined here. So did the Irish dramatist George Bernard Shaw. Chairman Mao hosted visiting heads of state and welcomed Chinese writers, and Premier Zhou Enlai ate and drank with US envoy Henry Kissinger.
Though Beijing's Waldorf Astoria is a fairly new kid on the capital block, it too claims a century of tradition from its famous New York forbear.
Zhou Meisen, a sharp dresser and an unconventional artist, once had many influential contacts in positions of power. Some of them are still in power. Some are in prison.
I confess I was a bit taken aback to hear that Temple Restaurant Beijing, often lauded as the best restaurant in the capital, was abandoning the more laid-back format of its elegant spinoff, TRB-Bites.
Changing natural scenery has always been a favor of landscape painters, whatever techniques and methods they employ.
South Australian researchers have thrown into doubt reported benefits of giving preterm babies omega-3 supplements, after studies found no noticeable difference in the health of premature infants after being given the fatty acids.
Cultural relics exhibitions have become more important for China in improving cultural exchange, the head of the country's cultural heritage authority said Monday.
A new reality TV show Chinese Bands will see veteran music industry figures help undiscovered local bands create original Chinese-style songs.
The turnover for antique and art auctions in China last year rose 13.3 percent to 31.7 billion yuan ($4.6 billion), the China Association of Auctioneers said on Wednesday.
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