More people in China are investing in cultural pursuits and activities like books, movies and art performances, a recent survey showed.
Santa Claus, that well-traveled old elf, not only has a home on the Arctic Circle, but also is about to get a vacation home in China.
In the world of Chinese instruments, one character plays a larger role than all the rest.
As autumn leaves fell and trees became bare with winter breezes, memories of spring's flowers came rushing back.
Wang Tong's colleague quit after he was beaten and had a gun shoved in his face two days after becoming a private investigator. He was caught trailing a man in an infidelity case.
Meng Guanggang recalls having his car set on fire and being chased by gangsters.
Over the past 10 months, I have had the rare opportunity of exploring China's vast territory. By air, water, road and train, I have crisscrossed this gargantuan country and learned a lot about the nation and its people.
Dynasties fall, deities are born, soldiers fight to their last, and gods take to the field of battle.
New pages were added to the story of Chinese literary development this year.
Qiu Chenyun, a 30-year-old marketing employee with a State-owned company in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, describes the days when she was learning to play the piano as "dark and miserable".
China produced 376,000 pianos in 2013 - 80 percent of the world's total. But keyboards and pedals are not the only things the country makes.
When Shang Hao, then an intern at a local newspaper in Shenzhen, Guangdong province in South China, called me for an interview over the Ebola pandemic in West Africa in July, I was perplexed. First because I am from East Africa, not west, but most importantly I did not see any real threat of the virus to Kenya.
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