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  • One elementary case of success

    2014-11-14 12:09

    Frank Cai of Beijing sent his daughter to an elementary school in the US in 2005 while he was studying for a doctorate in American studies at the University of Kansas.

  • Treasury of Ming well received

    2014-11-14 12:09

    You do not need to look too closely to spot the treasure. Here there is a large porcelain flask painted with a glazed blue decoration of lotus flowers; over there is a crown made of leather and bamboo; and elsewhere you will find red lacquer furniture, hanging scroll paintings on silk, watery-green ceramics and blue-and-white porcelain works of art by the dozens.

  • 'Immersion in the animal life of Africa'

    2014-11-14 12:43

    African Safari, the first 3-D feature about the wild animal kingdom, hit the Chinese box office on Nov 7 to rave reviews from its audiences.

  • A new life on distant horizons

    2014-11-14 12:43

    In Akwa, the commercial hub of Cameroon's commercial capital, Douala, there is a large building known as China Shopping City.

  • Demystifying China's ancient dragons

    2014-11-14 12:09

    The mythical brilliance of the dragon continues to ignite the popular imagination, even in modern times: Last summer, a story about a man who claimed to have found a dragon in his backyard went viral.

  • Unto the four corners of the Earth

    2014-11-07 11:43

    Technology is a driving force in promoting the traditional Chinese game internationally. Foreigners are beating Chinese at their own game, and many Chinese are not particularly happy about it.

  • Turn off the TV - it's time for mahjong

    2014-11-07 11:43

    On a recent Sunday morning, people from around the world gather around two tables in a hutong.

  • It takes a village

    2014-11-07 12:17

    Standing in the auditorium of the new African Village in Beijing, listening to professor Li Songshan delivering a speech in perfect Kiswahili, it's almost hard to believe the man at the microphone is Chinese and not African.

  • The dragon and the abyss

    2014-11-07 11:43

    At a mere 200 meters straight down, the Chinese crew of three, Ye Cong, Liu Kaizhou and Yang Bo, enters the Twilight Zone, a land where the light of the sun begins to give way, continuing all the way down to 1,000 meters.

  • The weird world of Taobao

    2014-10-31 14:11

    Need a human hamster wheel? A spaceflight? Breast implants? A fake boyfriend? An enchanted totem to engineer a breakup with a real significant other? To scream almost anything at someone on the phone?

  • Art collectives for disabled help break down taboos

    2014-10-31 14:11

    The 5 Colours Foundation, founded in 2009 in Chengdu, Sichuan province, hosted the "Possibility: International Disabled Artists Exhibition" on Sept 18 to showcase the works of five artists with disabilities from the United States, France and Singapore.

  • The art of seeing in world of darkness

    2014-10-31 14:11

    French artists Monique Plumecoq and Andre Soler say their dreams came true when Chinese painter Zhou Chunya chose their works for his foundation's exhibit in Chengdu.

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  • Group a building block for Africa

    An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.
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