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Explorer with a lens captures China's unique history

[2014-01-14 07:18]

Photojournalist Michael Yamashita has published 10 books, most of which were inspired by his 30 National Geographic stories.

View from the very top

[2014-01-14 07:18]

Having worked as a crane operator for nearly 40 years, Wei Gensheng rose to fame suddenly not as a construction worker but a photographer. The photos he took from his sky-high working position has won much praise from professionals and the public.

Big photographer zooms in on the small details

[2014-01-14 07:18]

Michael Yamashita is among the remaining photo journalists from the era when photographers commanded big budgets for ambitious projects.

Book lovers flock to fair

[2014-01-14 07:18]

The 2014 Beijing Book Fair attracted 85,000 book lovers, who attended a host of events throughout the city.

History a hot topic for publishers

[2014-01-14 07:18]

Memoirs about the lives of ordinary people were in abundant supply at the 2014 Beijing Book Fair.

Bags of style

[2014-01-13 07:27]

Many people may know about the Hermes Birkin, a bag made in 1984 by Jean-Louis Dumas for Jane Birkin and based on a design from 1892. But how many know of the Amazona, a handbag that defined and defied a generation when it was introduced in 1975 by Spanish leather goods house Loewe, which was founded in 1846?

Prada by the book

[2014-01-13 07:27]

The Devil wears Prada? Not anymore. Now it's the Devil pens Prada.

Home away from home

[2014-01-11 07:56]

China is a country on the move. Many do not have the luxury of staying in the same place as financial and social changes force us to migrate to where we can make a better way of life, and earn a better living.

Presidential seal of approval

[2014-01-11 07:56]

A bun shop in Beijing had an unexpected visitor and is now enjoying an unexpected windfall in fame and fortune.

Food fads to follow

[2014-01-11 07:56]

Many visitors to the Middle Kingdom come especially to taste its many culinary delights. The China Daily food team spreads out across the country for a look at the hottest dining trends in China.

Asian movies, directors receive warm welcome at film festival

[2014-01-11 07:56]

Crowds formed a long line from the entrance of the Annenberg Theater all the way around the building, extending even to the sidewalk of the street, before the theater opened for the screening of Chinese director Feng Xiaogang's film Back to 1942.

Mother tongue gives taste of home

[2014-01-11 07:56]

A recent proclamation from the regulating agency for the television industry has made it clear that hosts for TV shows must not use dialects, but Mandarin (Putonghua) only.

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