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Ma Weidu - self-taught scholar and antiquities expert. Zou Hong / China Daily |
One man holds fast to a fading code that values heritage and national pride above personal gain and fame. Qin Zhongwei seeks out the legend behind China's first private museum.
NEW YORK - From selling crack cocaine as a teenage hustler to becoming one of America's richest rappers, Jay-Z writes about his life, decodes his music and explains hip-hop culture in his literary debut Decoded, released last week.
Beijing chef Max Levy has had a very long love affair with the fanged fish. Mike Peters follows the slippery trail.
The tunnels are dank and gloomy, tainted by the darker chapters of the city's history. Now, they provide adventure for a new breed of explorers ? the Parisian 'cataphiles?
BOSTON - The Oklahoma City Thunder couldn't hit a shot, and they didn't have Kevin Durant or Jeff Green to save them.
With 24 gold medals, 16 silver and 14 bronze, the Chinese swimming team overwhelmingly beat archrival Japan (nine gold, 18 silver and 12 bronze) to claim supremacy of the pool at the Asian Games.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba - Rancorous debates over immigration have erupted from Australia to Sweden, but few nations take more immigrants per capita than Canada.
Buika was carrying a Spanish passport when she arrived to begin her first extended singing tour ofNorthAmerica.But hermusic draws on such a range of influences that sheseemstobeatoncefromeverywhereand nowhere.
High rent, predatory competitors and a relatively uninformed consumer crowd would discourage most tender new entrants to the fashion business. Not so for a handful of new Chinese designers, who are upending conventional notions of Chinese design, making rapid commercial success and turning from unknown to renowned in a short time.
In the vastness that is China, there are still hidden spots of great natural splendor ?although you must be prepared to work hard searching. Xu Xiaomin puts on her hiking boots.