Unlike much of Chinese cuisine, this hearty fare from the chilly Northeast is simple to prepare, yet it also is healthy and delicious.
In August last year, Guan Yu, a ballet teacher from the Beijing Dance Academy, spent a few days in Duancun, a small rural town in the northern province of Hebei.
Clad in a T-shirt, a sweater and Converse shoes, 79-year-old Zhang Beihai seems much younger. He is energetic and alert when speaking about his novel, Xia Yin, which is now being adapted into a movie by director Jiang Wen.
The South African government treasures its ever-strengthening relations with China, a top official said as the countries launched two new cultural projects.
It was a pleasant, sunny morning with a chilly autumn breeze, and about 20 men in blue robes and long braids were sitting around a table in Huifangrong Teahouse, which was at the busiest corner of Foochow Road inside the ceded territories of Shanghai in 1881.
Once hidden along the dusty rural back roads of Wenxian county in Henan province, the village of Chenjiagou, the birthplace of the martial art of tai chi chuan, now stands tall among carefully tended corn and wheat fields.
It would be impossible to tell the story of Chenjiagou and the rise of Chen tai chi without mentioning the "Four Tigers of Chen Village" - the tai chi masters chiefly responsible for taking the family art beyond the village walls in the later part of the 20th century.
Among the many changes that Chenjiagou has seen in recent years, one in particular reflects how the village has embraced modernity: Women now stand alongside men as leaders in the new generation of Chen tai chi masters.
Chen style tai chi chuan, the original form of tai chi, was created in the 1600s by a retired general, Chen Wangting.
With megastars, lavishly embroidered costumes, elaborate makeup and rapid-fire acrobatics, China's leading Peking Opera troupe is presenting two masterpieces to the UK for the first time in 10 years.
Inspired by the 1990s television show Meteoric Garden in Taiwan, teenagers all over the Chinese mainland stay up late to watch meteor showers when the skies permit, cuddled up with their sweethearts to make wishes from burning meteorites.
A Chinese pharmaceutical company is making major inroads into overseas markets by developing the next generation of drugs to fight malaria.
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