Taiwan writer and public intellectual Lung Ying-tai once proposed the concept of a "southern vision" in an attempt to bridge the divides in the politically fragmented Chinese-speaking world.
When Beijing was hit with horrific bad smog in early 2013, one group of friends saw past the fog to a bright spark of opportunity - creating and selling homemade air filter kits. Eric Jou has the story.
We entered the courtyard, with its tiny garden area and quaint decorations, and we instantly fell in love with the place.
Wang Dong is so infatuated by My Love from the Star, a smash hit TV drama from South Korea, that the 24-year-old finds waiting a week for two new episodes torture.
Another centuries-old tradition is at risk of losing its luster. Wang Kaihao traces the dying art of naoge, a unique pageantry.
When a more than 2,100-year-old corpse was unearthed from a tomb in Jingzhou, Hubei province, his skin was moist and flexible. All his limbs could move. His blood vessels were clear to see as if he had only just died.
In 2013, China achieved a record-breaking high for its film industry's box-office revenues, which officially register at 21.769 billion yuan ($3.59 billion). But according to Wang Changtian, CEO of Enlight, that was at least 5 billion yuan short of the real number. Other experts put the gap at 2.4 billion, explaining the reported box-office figure at 10 percent less than the real one. That gap is someone's windfall, illegally pocketed by cinema owners and operators, professionally known as film exhibitors. And the regulating agency is getting tough on this kind of theft.
Benedict Cumberbatch has become a "male god" to Chinese fans of the BBC television series Sherlock, and is nicknamed Curly Fu in China, a name that combines the actor's screen image and the pronunciation of Sherlock Holmes in Chinese. Cumberbatch's Holmes is not exactly a people person. His moods swing high and low. How does such a character become a heartthrob?
Woodprint paintings are traditionally hung in homes around Spring Festival, but for the artists, creating the pictures is a yearlong activity and a lifetime of dedication. Wang Qian and Ju Chuanjiang report.
They sound like a hundred flutes, playing melodically as they dance among the clouds. As the Nantong whistle kites drift over the fields, you hear them before you see them. Banyao (ban means board and yao means snipe), the large, flat whistling kites, are large and flat with hexagon-shaped frames that flaunt exquisite decorations with vibrant colors.
Many people in China may suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder without knowing or admitting to it. Experts tell Wang Hongyi that these patients need professional help.
Breathing comes so naturally that most of us take it for granted. But for those suffering from pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease, each breath is hard and painful.
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