While there is no shortage of Christmas-themed parties and nightclub events this month in Shanghai, foreign and even inflatable Santas are starting to make their presence felt around the country.
While most Chinese still regard Christmas as a foreign flight of fancy, the commercial trappings of what many Westerners view as the most magical time of the year are inexorably gaining traction among the country's growing middle class - often through their offspring.
An award-winning photographer has released a book that documents the extraordinary changes that have taken place in the country over the past 30 years. Sun Ye takes you through the pages.
The protagonists in Xue Yiwei's short stories may encounter a variety of scenarios, but they inevitably find themselves making the same choice: to run away.
In the glamorous fast-paced fashion industry, some fashion houses take about two weeks to turn a sketch in the designer's handbook into a jacket display in the store.
There is subsidizing and there is excessive subsidizing. Once you are entrenched in the latter, you gain a sense of entitlement that will blind you to the big picture.
Everything here is about pure natural flavors, lovingly cooked the traditional way. The bean curd is made fresh from soybeans grown locally, using water from springs that flow down Kyoto's maple-fringed mountains. Then, they are flown to Hong Kong daily.
Every dish has a story in "Confucius cuisine", an ongoing food promotion at The Oriental Chinese Restaurant in Traders Hotel, Beijing.
A Michelin-starred chef from France once told me he thinks Shanghai food is the most "feminine" cuisine he has ever tasted, and this was after his first bite of greasy, meltingly rich red-braised pork, the signature dish of the coastal city's fare.
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