Water splashes, dust blows, and heavy wheels bounce over the dirt and rocks along the Juma River in Laishui county, Hebei province. This is the fourth leg of the 2013 Shaanqi Cup China Super Truck Race.
Author Tan Kai, a panda enthusiast, has written poems and stories about the adorable animal. Mei Jia speaks to him about his latest book, which has a panda telling the stories of her clan from a first-person perspective.
It was the brainchild of Emperor Qianlong: Siku Quanshu, or The Complete Books of the Four Imperial Repositories. Qianlong, who sat on the imperial throne during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), set himself the task of preserving and restoring Chinese culture.
Children's fashion does not only belong to the cute Harper Seven Beckham in Great Britain, or Hong Kong baby celebrities like Lucas and Quintus Tse. Children in Chinese mainland are also dressing to impress with chic styles.
If you want a good sleep, the most important thing is to find a comfortable bed. Here are some best classic and traditional designs.
Who knew you could make a coat out of fur and plastic, or that a bag can come in 24-carat gold fur? In its traveling exhibition Another Kind of Art, Fendi shows these can be done - and that for decades the Italian brand has been at the forefront of fur fashion innovations.
The Chinese have a weakness for imitation, which is not only the sincerest form of flattery, but also, in the deepest recesses of our collective unconscious, a display of subjugation to nature or the outside world.
I have to admit: I get very confused when people talk about Malaysian food. That is because the cuisine is dramatically different in every Malaysian town. The laksa of Penang is worlds apart from the Cantonese-inspired seafood dishes served in Kota Kinabalu, and Kuala Lumpur eateries dish up Hainan chicken rice that doesn't exist on Hainan island.
For one reason or another, Spanish cuisine, arguably the world's hottest thing on the dining table nowadays, finds little place in China's food metropolis, Shanghai.
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