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Celebrate La Ba with porridge and garlic

[2015-01-27 05:38]

The La Ba (腊八) Festival is celebrated on the eighth (ba, 八) day of the 12th month (la yue 腊月). As a prelude to the Chinese Lunar New Year, it is one of the most important traditional festivals in Chinese culture.

Kekexili to bid for world heritage status

[2015-01-26 11:00]

Hoh Xil, in the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is home to several endangered species, including the Tibetan antelope.

Artful graffiti destroyed; public safety cited

[2015-01-26 13:45]

Featuring Chinese people and expressing affection for old houses, the 10-plus doodles produced on the walls of a deserted community in Shanghai would be gone as the walls were being demolished.

Putting their best feet forward

[2015-01-26 05:49]

Lantang-Bobu started as two separate shoe companies, selling footwear to Shanghai's well-heeled. Today they are one of the city's best known shoe companies.

Cartoonists refute French satire

[2015-01-25 14:25]

Cartoonists from at least three Chinese cities have used their brushes to express displeasure at French comic magazine Fluide Glacial's satirical portrayal of the Chinese people.

Blurring the line between fact and fiction

[2015-01-25 14:17]

Two recent movies deal with the manipulation of public opinion. The first is Gone With the Bullets, a hyperactive retelling of a 1920 murder in Shanghai. Another is Gone Girl, a Hollywood film.

Ice lanterns bring chills for capital crowds

[2015-01-24 06:46]

The best ice for sculpting should be formed in the natural environment, the thickness should be above 30 centimeters, and the finished works should be kept at a temperature lower than minus 3 C.

Ming-era winery preserves ancient taste

[2015-01-24 06:46]

Known for its brewing business in ancient times, Wuzhen had more than 20 wineries during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), but Gaogongsheng is the only one that has survived.

How school uniforms are changing in China

[2015-01-23 04:09]

School uniforms can help unite a student body and keep them focused on their learning and not their fashion. We look at what local students are wearing and how it is being influenced by foreign styles.

Guo Junli: A man who creates stories

[2015-01-23 10:44]

He is one of the top screenwriters in China. He is the winner of the China Movie Awards Best Screenplay and Taiwan Golden Horse Film Best Adapted Screenplay in 2011. Most of all, he is a dream seeker.

Psychologist sets rating system for children

[2015-01-22 14:17]

Psychologist Lu Yufei, a mother of a 9-year-old, and her team have privately worked out a mechanism to rate children's films and cartoons, by referring to similar rating systems in the West.

Spanish woman's affection for tai chi

[2015-01-22 11:24]

Guadalupe, a 55-year-old lady living in Spain, has been practicing tai chi for almost 20 years. She believes tai chi is not only a kind of martial art but a complete system of fusing traditional Chinese culture.

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