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Reflect

Star war on drugs

[2014-08-15 07:24]

Entertainment industry agencies and performing companies in Beijing have pledged not to hire any actors connected with drugs, after a series of celebrity narcotic-use scandals broke out in the past few months.

Armpit hair to stay, some women say

[2014-08-15 07:24]

Hundreds of Chinese women have joined a recent armpit selfies competition on micro-blogging service Sina Weibo, proudly displaying their unshaven armpits.

Calling all beer lovers

[2014-08-15 07:24]

After its successful debut in 2013, Munich Oktoberfest is returning to Beijing from Aug 15 to 30 for a celebration of beer and Bavarian culture at the Olympic Forest Park.

Painting the poets

[2014-08-15 07:24]

The second time French artist Jean Yves Simon met the Chinese woman who was to become his wife, in Paris in 1998, she read him a poem by Li Bai, a well-known ancient Chinese poet. Simon was instantly enchanted, and began his love affair with China, which he describes as, "a love story with a Chinese woman and Chinese poets".

Celine Dion halts Asia tour for husband

[2014-08-15 07:24]

Pop diva Celine Dion has indefinitely halted her show business activities and canceled her upcoming Asia tour to care for her husband as he battles ill health, she said on Wednesday.

Savoring Yangshuo, a jewel under threat

[2014-08-15 07:24]

On a Beijing morning at 5:35, cracks of light begin to break through the hazy skies. Two hours later, the plane lands in the southern city of Guilin, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, a place that lies in southern China, bordering Vietnam. Through the window I can make out the vague outline of the karst countryside in the morning haze. Its gray complexion is almost see-through, like a pencil sketch that someone had tried to erase, leaving the smudges of graphite on the paper.

Community of art

[2014-08-15 07:24]

Centuries-old ethnic crafts continue to thrive in Qamdo county's Karma town in the Tibet autonomous region.

History in the making

[2014-08-14 07:21]

Many unknown details about the daily life of China's late leader Deng Xiaoping (1904-97) have been revealed to the public for the first time via a new TV series. The pilot episode of this 48-episode production, Deng Xiaoping During a Historic Turning Point, was screened on Channel One of China Central Television on Aug 8 to celebrate the 110th anniversary of Deng's birth, which falls on Aug 22. It gained 1.76 percent of the television audience, and the second episode reached 2.08 percent.