There are three problems that a cyclist always wants to avoid: getting lost, breaking a chain and riding through a sudden rain. In 2007, a 30-year-old Zhang Xiangdong ran into all the three on the same day when he was cycling in France. After struggling to fix the bicycle chain, Zhang rode on in the rain, threading through a "cobweb" of country roads to find a lodging before dark.
Zhang Xiangdong doesn't categorize his new book Brief Flight as a travelogue, but a collection of reflections on the first 36 years of his life, of which entrepreneurship and cycling have played important roles.
A short story on a Harry Potter fan website by author J.K. Rowling has the boy wizard grown, married and with a few threads of silver in that mop of black hair.
Author and celebrity-watcher Rachel Bertsche spent nearly a year emulating the lifestyles of several famous female stars, seeking contentment, productivity and better arms.
Wiser than the adults around her yet convinced she's a hopeless loser, Emily Shepard is a literary descendant of Holden Caulfield.
About two years ago, Long Jiayan accidentally watched a video about hanfu, or Han clothing, on a micro blog in China. She didn't expect that it would inspire her life's passion to promote Han clothing and its history.
Fifteen years ago, Kenneth E. Behring was the man who had everything, from a private jet to his own club in the United States' National Football League.
Visitors to a Chinese opera festival in Central China's Hubei province over the past two weeks might come away with the impression that traditional operas are thriving.
It is probably the largest exhibition of Chinese relics outside the country. Curators describe it as "an unrivaled show" as it explains why the majority of Chinese are called the Han people and why they speak the language of Han people and write Han characters.
Every June since 2010, a long white marquee has been erected at London's Kensington Gardens, opposite the Royal Albert Hall, to play host to the Art Antiques London. It is a fair of which some 80 galleries showcase their artworks, in an event billed as a cultural highlight of the British summer.
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