A common greeting in China is the question, "Have you eaten?" It shows the importance of food in the Middle Kingdom. The Chinese are rightfully proud of their cuisine.
At a glance, the Old Town of Pingyao astonishes me. Once a fortified city, then a financial center and now an archeological time capsule filled with 2700 years of history, Pingyao is China's best-preserved ancient community.
Participants compete during a dragon boat competition to celebrate the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival in Xinghua, East China's Jiangsu province, June 18, 2015.
The research and training project for inheritors of intangible cultural heritage by the Chinese Ministry of Culture began Tuesday.
With still several months to go before the next Chinese New Year, 57-year-old Chen Jing, a local Chinese entrepreneur, has already eagerly started to prepare for a show to be staged here on the eve of the festival.
The sense of excitement at the Shanghai International Film Festival is understandable -- these are boom times for the Chinese film industry, as cinema box office soars and capital pours in.
Archeological findings on the ruins of Taosi in Linfen stand a good chance of being the location of the capital of the Yao period, which would extend Chinese history 300 hundreds years ahead of the Xia Dynasty (c.21st century-16th century BC), Chinese archeologists announced at press conference in Beijing on Thursday.
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Summer Solstice, (Chinese: 夏至), the 10th solar term of the year, begins on June 22 this year and ends on July 6.
Shanxi is not only the birthplace of the Chinese financial industry but also the cradle of nation’s 5,000-year history. It holds a plethora of rivers, mountains and unique natural landscapes. Shanxi has rich tourism resources that I’m sure an increasing number of visitors will be enjoying in the coming years.
How Li Daquan helped a friend, and founded China's financial services industry.
Swiss luxury watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre is sponsoring the 18th Shanghai International Film Festival.
Yan Bing, who has kept folk music alive from a bar in Southwest China, has gotten himself a Beijing gig, thanks to crowd funding. Chen Nan reports.
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