Zhang Yinghui's 13-year-old elder son Marco has an unusual complaint. He wants to know why he has not gotten sick like the other children.
Nothing brings home differences more effectively than the celebration of tradition, and nothing gets more traditional than the ongoing celebration of the Lunar New Year in China, with still a week to go.
Gaining "face" for face-loving Chinese no longer means merely carrying a Louis Vuitton bag, driving a brand-new Ferrari or getting the latest iPhone.
Chinese bargain-hunters spent a record amount with domestic Internet retailers during last year's Double 11 sales, but they are eyeing a new marketplace overseas.
China's luxury goods market has slowed from 7 percent growth in 2012 to 2 percent in 2013, with expectations of similarly slow growth in 2014.
Prospects are bright for Switzerland's winter tourism industry, which is pinning its hopes on a slew of new luxury developments and bigger, better ski resorts to get back to growth.
People like Li Fangfu give color to the Spring Festival. The holiday and its leadup is the busiest time for Lunar New Year block print artists. So the 84-year-old, who learned his trade from age 12, creates and sells the traditional paintings in the central square of Sichuan province's Mianzhu city from 8 am until 7 pm."This is what I'll do every day until the festival is over," he says. "Business is booming in the square."
Wang Xiaoyu's favorite bedtime routine now is to reach for her smartphone and play a poem. Every night at 10 pm, the 32-year-old sales executive in Shanghai logs on to a poetry-sharing group on the social network WeChat and listens to or reads a poem.
With a rich history and natural beauty, Harbin attracts visitors for much more than its famous ice festival. Craig McIntosh reports.
One thing I've learned during my travels across Asia is to trust my taste buds.
What's huge and solid stone and about 380 million years old?
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