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A foreign tourist and a local resident share a light moment at the Ditan Park Temple Fair in Beijing on Tuesday. Chen Xiaogen / For China Daily

Enter the Dragon

It is the symbol of the nation and of potent and auspicious powers. It has control over water, rainfall, hurricane and flood. It is also the symbol of good luck.

Dragons in varied sizes and shapes

ConocoPhillips to pay $158 million damages for oil spill

Holiday Nation

Year of Dragon eats up annual bonuses

SHANGHAI - Banking and financial services were the only industries to report an obvious decrease in year-end bonuses this year compared with last.

Demand for organic food sprouts up at Spring Festival

Learning to refuse toasts in the season of ganbei

Holiday International and Opinion

US film critics praise The Flowers of War

NEW YORK - The Flowers of War, a Chinese historical drama directed by Zhang Yimou starring Hollywood star Christian Bale, opened in 13 US cities, including New York and Los Angeles, on Jan 20.

West displays Gulf military strength to defiant Iran

Putting majority of people first

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Holiday People

Raising the image of folk art

He uses an electric iron and then begins to draw on a piece of black cloth, as a giant panda begins to take shape.

Beijing-based musician says his violin knows no borders

Holiday Special

Captivating cuisines

It is hard to define good food. Some foods do not look appealing, but taste wonderful. Some look grand but have little taste.

Sunao: Zen and the art of vegan

Holiday Read

Stitches in time

To visit the Chengdu Shu Brocade and Embroidery Museum is to view the unfolding of the social fabric of what today is Sichuan's provincial capital Chengdu over the millennia, as each display is akin to a stitch in time.

Holiday Trend

Posting a profit

Surrounded by her female colleagues, a woman in her 20s takes out the brand-name nail polish and rouge from a parcel posted in London.

Online business matters

Something to declare

Holiday Business

Blast from the past for big day

BEIJING - Dressed in ancient official robes and wearing chaplets, the groom and bride exchanged jade pendants as symbols of their marriage instead of rings in a silk-curtained lounge.

Starring in your own romantic drama

Splashing out on the proposal

Holiday Travel

Picture this: Friends forever

For 50-year-old Jin Jinli and seven of her closest friends, group photos are more than just for an aid for their memories.

Holiday Sports

Admiring from afar

Juergen Klinsmann remains an unabashed Tottenham Hotspur fan more than a decade after leaving the north London club and the new United States coach even has his cell phone programmed to sound an alert every time a Spurs result is published.

Blatter admits errors, vows to carry on

Feltscher finds his fairy tale come true in a new world

A tough loss, but nothing to cry over

Nishikori has a week for the record books

Tevez gets hefty fine for gross misconduct

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