When summer comes around, people like to gather with friends after work to eat lobster and drink beer. Behind the scenes of the seasonal feasting, a 65-year-old entrepreneur has been busily making it easier to cook the crustaceans.
In the nearly two years she has spent in Beijing, Yihebale Ilham has had most of her clothes mailed to the capital from her hometown in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region as she didn't want to waste even a moment on shopping.
Lao Shu, or "Old Tree", is not a professional painter. Yet, he has gained considerable fame via Chinese social media for his Chinese ink-wash paintings accompanied by his poetry.
The first trailer has been released for Kung Fu Panda 3.
A memorial ceremony was held on June 20 in Beijing for Liao Jingwen, wife of one of China's most prestigious painters Xu Beihong.
Drown them in abundant tomato sauce or dip them in soy sauce. Top them with chives or sprinkle them with parmesan cheese. Eat them with chopsticks or handle a fork and spoon. Call them spaghetti or miantiao.
Renowned Chinese film director Xie Tieli has died at the age of 90 in Beijing on Friday.
The beauty of the mountains of Shanxi province may serve as a lure for tourists, but for the villagers that inhabit the region, the spectacular rock formations and climatic extremes have been obstructions as well as a source of awesome pride.
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.