Snow and ice activities are getting more play in Beijing, amid the Chinese capital's joint bid with neighboring city Zhangjiakou to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Editor's note: A snow-covered Beijing can look totally different from the modern metropolis that it is and more like an ancient, charming city in a classical Chinese ink painting. The Chinese capital faces cold and dry winters from November to February, during which Beijingers turn to ice skating and skiing to keep away the chills. Ice skating at Shichahai is an especially memorable part of the local experience and tourists are similarly thrilled by it. Beijing is also rich in geothermal resources, making it an ideal destination for those in search of a blissful spa treatment to relieve them from the stress of everyday life. Here are some of these winter offerings:
Premier Li Keiqang said the main course of Sino-Italian cooperation is yet to come and the $10 billion in deals being signed on Tuesday were merely the appetizer.
While China feeds the world's largest population, it is also feeding starving people across the world, playing an important role in helping tackle global hunger, experts said.
Sergey Brilev, a TV anchor who is a household name in Russia, has made a career out of interviewing world leaders.
The Renaissance art and sculptures at the Palazzo Barberini in the ancient city of Rome inspired many in the 16th century. Its stunning and epoch-making beauty has also transcended hundreds of years to leave an impact today.
Premier Li Keqiang is wrapping up his weeklong tour to three European countries - Germany, Russia and Italy.
Xu Jiang, president of the China Academy of Art, remembers vividly that in the rainy eve of the 2004 Spring Festival, Xi Jinping, then the Party chief of Zhejiang province, visited the construction site of the Zhejiang Art Museum, which would open in 2008.
A mother from Hunan province went to Beijing and worked as a street cleaner to earn money so she could repay money stolen by her son, according to Beijing Times.
The Taiwan compatriots' choice of social system and lifestyle is respected by us (the mainland), ... and we hope Taiwan will respect the choice and pursuit of the 1.3 billion people of the mainland."
Li Guochuan, an 81-year-old woman from Xiamen, Fujian province, does more than 100 push-ups in five minutes each morning, easily outclassing many young men in China, according to Xinhua News Agency. She also volunteers to teach neighboring people interested in exercise to promote good health.
Photo: The Lego versions of Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in the Hollywood blockbuster Titanic. Morgan Spence, 15, from Scotland, spent three weeks putting together a video of scenes he re-created from Hollywood classics such as Dirty Dancing, Singing in the Rain and Pulp Fiction.
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