Tucked behind the gray-brick facades of Beijing's Dafangjia hutong (alleyway), a heavy wooden door opens into stillness. Inside Under Clouds Green, a plant-based Yunnan cuisine restaurant, the city's noise dissolves almost instantly.
Ice begins to melt at Xinhua Lake in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, as migratory birds return with the season, bringing life to the quiet winter waters.
Flower-viewing tours, rural trips and consumer demand for "experiences" reached a peak during the recent three-day Qingming Festival holiday.
China's porcelain legacy spans millennia. The nation itself bears its name, and through it, the world came to know China.
While China was changing at an extraordinary pace, I remained in one place long enough to grow alongside it.
A long line of visitors from around the world stretched far beyond the counter, with some people waiting nearly an hour for a taste.
As spring arrives in the capital, a sense of fear of missing out on natural beauty grips residents eager to catch fleeting blooming flora.
Six years ago, Ibrahim Maher, an Egyptian student who spoke barely any Chinese, arrived in China to begin a new chapter in his education.
Spring quietly spreads through the Forbidden City, the former imperial palace of the Ming and Qing (1368-1911) dynasties, now home to the Palace Museum.
In heritage workshops and bustling food streets, hands-on noodle classes have become an immersive cultural adventure.
The original symphonic music drama A Dream of Red Mansions — Resound had its premiere on Friday in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, performed by the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra.
On Monday, conductor Christoph Poppen, pianist Luo Wei, and the China National Symphony Orchestra staged a concert at the Beijing Concert Hall to commemorate the 170th anniversary of Robert Schumann's death. The program was refreshing, full of romance and vitality.
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