In a US classroom decorated with paintings of Chinese folk tales and characters, a dozen children are performing popular songs in Mandarin, such as Daddy, Where Are We Going and Stars in the Sky.
Wang Baorong, 71, is wearing a military-style shirt, shorts and fishnet stockings. Two months ago, the septuagenarian joined a dance team and she's never been happier.
While urban students attended fancy parties in big school halls to celebrate Children's Day on June 1, their peers in the countryside may not have even had a decent playground.
A carpenter from Suzhou in eastern Jiangsu province was summoned by Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) to Beijing almost 600 years ago. Kuai Xiang, who lived from 1398 to 1481, came to the Chinese capital with followers and ended up as one of the chief designers of the Forbidden City.
Zhang Zhifeng's dream is to capture 5,000 years of Chinese history in the designs of his Ne Tiger fashion label. So it was no surprise that the label was chosen to open International Museum Day in Nanjing on May 18, with a runway show featuring some of its most popular dresses from previous collections.
Zheng He (1371-1433) led his great fleet on historic expeditionary voyages in the 15th century connecting the West and East, but these only represent a small episode of the Maritime Silk Road, which is probably less well-known than its overland counterpart that crosses deserts and grasslands.
"The in-flight connectivity service could bring some new business opportunities, especially in social media and data services."
Dingxiang county in Shangxi province is well-known for its beautiful Taihang Mountains landscape and numerous Buddhist temples.
I learned about Yan Xishan for the first time in a Chinese-language textbook in primary school in the early 1990s. The "reactionary" and his soldiers killed a young unyielding revolutionary hero Liu Hulan with a woodchopper, in front of hundreds of villagers.
It is as pervasive a practice on Chinese courses as it is in the West, Bai Ping writes.
I'm not sure who my daughter is. Neither is she.
The thatched roof of the village meeting hall is nestled among paddy fields.
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