It is often the snapshot encounters that give us a hint of things to come. As China opens up and heads out, its hospitality industry is embracing changes every day from major evolution in management styles to smaller revolutions in service attitudes and standards.
The 19-course-dinner concept was a challenge, but the chefs passed with flying colors. Now the manager of the Kempinski hotel chain hope they can see the broader plan through to fruition and gain a market edge in China and beyond by aggressively pivoting to food and beverage in 2014.
Several decades after their split in the social chaos of the 1920s, a Sui Dynasty (AD 581-618) calligraphy work, which used to be part of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) court collection, has been reunited with its postscript in Beijing.
China Guardian Auctions is previewing and will hold its autumn sales through the weekend till Nov 24 in Beijing. Highlights include an immense collection of 450 ancient books, classical furniture and articles for amusement from the late art connoisseur Wang Shixiang, as well as 16 pieces of jinsi nanmu furniture that are consigned by Nan-shufang and were designed by classical furniture experts Zhang Dexiang and Curtis Evarts, who befriended Wang.
Impressionist masterpieces by Monet and Renoir among other renowned artists has drawn crowds willing to wait for hours in front of the Shanghai Museum for a chance to see the show.
Shen Lihui, founder of indie label, Modernsky, home to more than 100 indie acts, such as New Pants and Queen Sea Big Shark, remembers the early days of the label, when indie bands were a tough sell.
Few Chinese know of the spoon-billed sandpiper, a migratory wader about the size of a sparrow known for its flattened bill that flares into a "spoon" at the tip.
People know climate change has been unsettling our planet's geological, biological and ecological systems, but how does it affect the living animals and plants on our planet, especially those rare species that live in protected areas?
Hop on the bullet train from Beijing South Railway Station and within 20 minutes, you will be transported to another world - tranquil yet exciting. Sun Ye takes you there.
Kongzhu, also known as the Chinese yo-yo, works as a diabolo spinning and buzzing like an acrobat on a string.
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