More and more Chinese are heading overseas, some for temporary work assignments and study, others to seek better living and working environments. But, they are only part of the big story as globalization shrinks the world and we are, to a certain extent, becoming citizens of the planet rather than of one country.
Photographer Hu Deding, 63, never thought he would spend more than 10 years exploring an ancient engineering project seldom visited by tourists.
Want to enjoy the best of spring and escape the maddening crowds? Chengdu local Chen Liang says the choice is easy. Mount Qingcheng is only an hour's drive from the capital of Sichuan province and is full of bucolic delights.
Wisps of clouds have grown larger and the sky has turned gray. It seems as if it could rain at any moment, but no one around me seems to be bothered.
Bedridden with breast cancer, a worried mother turns to embroidery to fund a future for her children, Luo Wangshu and Ji Jin report in Chongqing.
I think my iPhone has destroyed my brain. I really do. I used to listen in meetings; now I browse the Internet. I don't text people using proper sentences anymore; I use ugly contractions such as "def" or "prob", and that's when I'm not resorting to smiley faces and winks.
Both northern China and South Korea developed ancient heating systems, but China won't follow its neighbor in applying for a UNESCO listing. Sun Yuanqing and Chen Jie find out why.
The exhibition is a feast for both the eyes and the nose. A pleasant fragrance fills the exhibition hall.
Jiangxi province is showcasing some of its most precious cultural relics at the Capital Museum in Beijing for the first time. Almost half of the 160 items are first-class national treasures. They include bronze wares, ceramics, jade wares, silks, calligraphy and paintings.
Beijing tourism chiefs recently attended a basketball game in the United States as part of a bid to lure more tourists to the Chinese capital.
There are many ways to tour the Chinese capital. A better approach is to savor it like a stick of candied haws, one haw at a time and with long intervals to relish the flavor, rather than like a big apple that you bite off simply because it's good for you and will keep the doctor away.
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