Promoting people-to-people exchanges is high on the agenda of Chinese President Xi Jinping's ongoing visit to Australia as the two countries sign a series of agreements in a number of fields including education today.
The China Hi-Tech Fair 2014, which started in Shenzhen on Sunday, is playing an increasingly important role in the implementation of China's strategy of innovation-driven development.
When underachievers thrust themselves into the spotlight, their display of self-debasement sets off alarms in a go-getter culture.
Senior city officials from China's four-most prosperous towns of 400 years ago gathered in Foshan on Nov 8 to form an alliance, hoping to recapture the past glory by strengthening economic and cultural cooperation.
The four cities will strengthen cooperation in protecting historical cultural heritage, in promoting cultural exchanges and in economy and trade so we can keep increasing our value and polish the golden brand of China's Big Four Towns.
Foshan, the hometown of Wong Fei-hung (1847-1924) and Bruce Lee (1940-1973), is a pilgrimage site for the world's fans of kung fu. But the city with a history of about 5,000 years has much more to offer lovers of traditional Chinese culture and art. It also boasts well-preserved architecture from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and a long list of State-level intangible cultural heritage items such as the lion dance, paper-cutting and Shiwan pottery.
Snow-capped mountain peaks tower over a vast, bright blue volcanic crater-lake 762 meters above bubbling hot springs and cascading waterfalls.
An elderly craftswoman has dedicated herself to preserving Manchu culture through paper-cutting.
A passionate craftswoman turned her family's tradition of making embroidered shoes into an international business.
Changying aiming high with plans to diversify and explore cross-provincial projects
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