This was one of China's entries to the 1915 World Exposition at Panama, along with a leg of Yunnan ham. The Xuanwei ham got all the culinary accolades, and the world was introduced to a gold-medal winning Chinese baijiu, to mixed reviews.
Construction of the Beijing Time Museum near the Bell and Drum towers began late last week, finally burying a previously proposed plan for a massive redevelopment of the ancient area.
Doctors in Beijing say a 3-year-old girl who emerged from a coma blind and with a damaged brain after her mother viciously beat her cannot be cured but may benefit from rehabilitation therapy.
The 6-square-meter mobile "egg home" that made headlines last week is no more.
Tea bag art - creative recycling at its best - has become increasingly fashionable.
Liang Sicheng is one of China's greatest 20th century architects. The Beijing native was the son of Liang Qichao, an influential intellectual and key figure in the 100-Day Reform movement. However, Liang chose to study architecture, becoming the first Chinese person to do so overseas when he went to the University of Pennsylvania in the 1920s.
For Beijing's newest group of knitting fanatics, sitting and spinning thread is more than just a hobby, it's a way to give back.
Stepping into Gu Qi's home is like entering a home furnishings catalogue. The impression is completely realistic, since interior designer Gu actually lives in a showroom - a flat full of his own designs and also the place where he creates his works.
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