If you want to talk to Dick Mackridge about China, be prepared for him to burst into song.
Song-and-dance duets are 78-year-old Ren Shuzhen's favorite, and like many other people in Northeast China, the resident of Jilin province spends almost the entire evening watching them.
We Impact, a company that promotes sustainable lifestyles and business practices, has helped the pizza restaurant by suggesting ways it can improve its environmental footprint.
Her position is still unique in a society that is just waking up to the value of being eco-friendly.
While the rich are growing richer, it's the poor becoming middle-class who are driving China's booming economy and keeping the rest of the world afloat. So, who are China's middle class and how are they defined?
If you have been invited to a formal Chinese banquet or wedding in the past few decades, it is likely you were served a bowl of soup. Swimming within that bowl of soup may have been translucent strands: chewy in texture, thick like vermicelli and fairly innocuous in taste. If you lifted your spoon and ate a bite, you most likely had a taste of shark fin soup (鱼翅汤 yúchìtāng).
Anyone with an interest in Chinese history will know how difficult it was to flatter Dowager Cixi with gifts. With a huge collection of priceless objects in her possession, very little could impress the empress, who was known for her decadence.
The 30th Weifang International Kites Festival kicked off on April 20 in Shandong province's Weifang.
A scholarship provided to students of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics has been launched in Beijing.
The first thing that drew university student Lu Song toward a volunteer position in Kenya was the opportunity to put the experience on applications for postgraduate study in the US. The second was the chance to spend a summer abroad having some adventures.
Zhang Jianwen is an adventurer. The 34-year-old has been to the heartlands of Africa and returned home with many a tale to tell.
Qingdao's Guo Chuan recently became the first Chinese person to sail solo around the world.
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