While jade holds vital clues to civilizations in China dating back thousands of years, it also plays an important role in present-day life.
For Mahdy Ahmed Saleh, an Egyptian student studying in Jingdezhen Ceramic University in China, an array of Arab art activities held recently reminded him of his faraway home.
What arrived at my door in Beijing, not by post, but by parcel courier, was a hardbound volume in smart regal red titled Sidelights on Peking Life — a faithful reprint by the company Beijing Postcards of the 1927 book by Robert W.Swallow.
A series of global events to celebrate the traditions and culture of Chinese New Year is announced.
Minor Cold, a Chinese solar term, is set to usher in preparations for the Lunar New Year.
How a foiled robbery attempt led to the unexpected discovery of a tomb full of relics that shed light on a key part of Shang history, report Yang Feiyue and Sun Ruisheng in Taiyuan.
Australian Nobel Prize laureate Barry Marshall's China story begins with a child and some sugar cane.
Harpsichord player and organist Jiang Yushan revisits the composer's rarely performed pieces for keyboards.
After two films on Chinese architecture, experimental filmmaker Ju Anqi is now working on a third.
Imagination soars above the ordinary as illustrator paints a whole new world.
The 9th Silk Road International Film Festival opened Sunday in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province.
On so many nights over the past 16 years, I suddenly realize that I'm in the wrong country. I'm either in China or the United States and was supposed to catch a flight back the day before. But I got confused because of the International Date Line.