More than 1,000 poetry aficionados from a range of countries and industries got together to enjoy the beauty of words at the first China World Poetry Day Concert in Beijing on March 21.
Every year, millions of Chinese people travel overseas for business, investment, work, tourism and study, buoyed by the country's rise as a major global power.
In the small oasis town of Dunhuang, on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, there was a sacred, secret Buddhist text, a hidden piece of world history and a marvel of craftsmanship. For over a millennium it sat there, a jewel completely hidden from sight.
Zeng Fanzhi's solo exhibition at ShanghART Beijing is "a quiet show catering purely to painting lovers", gallery founder Lorenz Helbling says.
Kenyan residents are quickly catching on to hip Chinese interior design accessories as they dump the decorative remnants of yesteryear.
In China, finding museums has seldom been a problem. But other than the big and established ones, many fail to be taken seriously by visitors because they don't have the resources to manage their collections or haven't been officially registered as museums.
In a news conference in 1963, Western journalists asked which weapon hit a U-2 reconnaissance aircraft from Taiwan.
Once regarded as unattainable dreams, hosting and eventually winning the soccer World Cup have become serious goals for China under a national plan unveiled on Monday to make the sport a truly mass game.
"Along with China's social and economic development, hosting the World Cup will naturally be included on the government agenda in the near future, although we haven't had a timetable for it. It's not all important for China to achieve elite results at the prestigious tournament quickly, given our current low level. Involving more people in soccer exercise while expanding the game's influence is our goal through bidding for the tournament."
Yang Binbin says she lived for 45 years before feeling "utterly protected", by no one else but her three foster children, all suffering from severe illnesses.
As the mother of a 22-month old, I am just beginning to get the knack of how to steal a kiss from my headstrong, indefatigable daughter.
The Confucius Institute at Kenyatta University marked the annual Chinese Spring Festival in style on March 4.
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