Jereme Leung elevates simplicity into art at his wharfside eatery From a Chinese Cookbook, Mike Peters reports from Shanghai.
On Thursday, Song Mei became a registered resident of Futian district, Shenzhen, which increased the district's permanent population to one million.
Talk of spring is in the air, but in much of China if you're out for a night on the town, it's still plenty cold outside. Finding a bar serving up hot mulled wine still seems like a pretty good idea.
The fourth Brussels "Le Salon du Chocolat" brought together more than 130 Belgian chocolate manufacturers, distributors and confectioners recently, offering a visual and interactive experience.
In the past six months, Beijing-based painter Zhong Biao has sold limited-edition prints of his oil painting Samadhi using an art app Ywart, at prices ranging from 699 yuan ($102) to 899 yuan based on the sizes of the prints.
As spring fever hits, spring bamboo shoots are hitting restaurants and supermarkets. The fresh bamboo is so important to Japanese kitchens that they make use of every part of the plant. The leaves and bark are used as wrappers and the most commonly eaten part is the tender shoots. In Beijing, you can find dishes made from fresh bamboo shoots at Keikiku Japanese restaurant at Hotel Kunlun: We recommend the "fresh bamboo shoots with grilled Wagyu sirloin".
A polished bronze mirror unearthed in China's most complete Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24) cemetery bears the earliest known image of Confucius.
The following dishes, labeled Chinese food, are very popular in some western Chinese restaurants, but ask anyone in China and you'll get a blank look, unless they've studied or worked outside the country.
Children's author Cao Wenxuan's novel Goat Do Not Eat Heaven Grass is set to be adapted for the stage later this year. The China National Theatre for Children will put on the play on July 7 during the 7th China Children's Theatre Festival.
Shanxi has released a series of creative cultural products on Sunday. Money boxes based on the Xiao You, an ancient bronze wine vessel from Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC), in the shape of "angry birds" characters, blue and white porcelain plate paintings of four ancient literary figures were unveiled at the Taiyuan Art Museum in Shanxi.
Chinese nianhua, or lunar New Year paintings, are often used as decorations during the Spring Festival. They are placed on doors or walls to ward off evil spirits and bring good luck to families in the new year.
With Valentine's Day, explore the widely varied rituals of courtship across different cultures – and species.
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