Not all the festivities follow a Straits path to home

Lin Fengcheng has no special plan for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Unlike other Taiwan businessmen, who are busy arranging air-tickets back home for family reunions, the Beijing-based 34-year-old has buried himself in work. He had no idea of the actual date of the festival.

Let them eat cake

Xie Daoyun feels very proud about making China's biggest ever mooncake. Last month, the Anhui native, along with nine other master mooncake-makers, set the new record at the First China Food Bakery Festival in Shenyang, the capital of Northeast China's Liaoning Province.

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Influencing soldiers and CEOs

Sun Tzu: The Art of War is the earliest and most valuable Chinese treatise on military science, dating from the late Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC). The book is a condensation of the experience of warfare in that era, with the emphasis on precautionary and intelligence strategies.

Getting there

It's convenient to get to Linyi, of Shandong Province, either by plane or by train from major cities. The city is about a four-hour ride from Jinan, capital of Shandong. Located in southern part of the province, Linyi is becoming known as a tourist destination with its beautiful landscapes and wealth of cultural heritage.

War and pieces

More than 7,500 bamboo slips unearthed in an ancient tomb at the foot of the Yinque Mountain have made the city of Linyi, in East China's Shandong Province, a magnet for archaeologists and tourists.

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Eat junk, feel rubbish

LONDON: Many of us believe that taking exercise gives us a license to eat fattening foods with no adverse effects. Surely is that the whole point of physical exertion? Not so, say the experts. Any effective exercise habit must be supported by the right food.

The right fuel for your daily workout

Early birds need to pep up their blood sugar, refuel their muscles and drink around a pint of water to replenish the water lost during sleep - remember, your body has been on an eight-hour fast. "Dehydration is one of the biggest factors in morning workouts," says sports nutritionist Drew Price.

Seriously, summer really is the best time to hit the sauna

MUNICH: When it is warm and humid outside, most people dream of being able to cool off by diving into a pool of cold water. This can provide rapid relief but the exact opposite can be equally refreshing.

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