Dressed like a locksmith, Wang Mingzhu arrives at his usual spot in the inner city of Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, at 9 am. But, unlike the usual locksmith, he is more interested in observing the crowds than his business. Wang is a plainclothes policeman.
Canada Post has unveiled a collection of Year of the Horse stamps to usher in the Chinese Lunar New Year, which begins on Jan 31.
A Buddha-head collector in Taiwan has donated all his trophies to the Chinese mainland. This is the third time that such religious cultural relics are returning home. Han Bingbin traces the history.
The Chicago musical tour in China may not happen after all.
Wandering through Yuyuantan Park in Beijing from 9:30 to 11:30 on any Wednesday or weekend morning, you can hardly miss the old-time chorus made up of hundreds of senior residents, mostly retired, from all over the capital.
Tongliao is not only known for its many Mongolian beauties, it is also home to a 700-year-old art of storytelling. Wang Kaihao finds out how the locals are trying to preserve this fading cultural heritage.
The Epic of King Gesar, with more than 120 volumes and 1 million lines, is believed to be the world's longest narrative epic, and it is regarded as an encyclopedia of Tibetan ancient society.
Auditory-verbal therapy has helped many children with impaired hearing in China. But one expert says the country still has a long way to go to narrow the ratio between the number of therapists and patients. Liu Zhihua reports.
Taiwan native and entrepreneur Kenny Cheng frequents the Chinese mainland, but not for sight-seeing or business.
One of the world's largest centers for clinical trials with mice, featuring advanced translational oncology platforms with fully annotated collections of patient-derived tumor graft models, will be established in Jiangsu province.
Driving around the area behind the Potala Palace in the Tibet autonomous region's capital Lhasa, National Geographic photographer Michael Yamashita from the United States saw a scene that he imagined a trader traveling to the holy palace along the Tea-Horse Road might have seen centuries ago.
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