Our first lunch was laid out like a last supper. There, in the middle of a vineyard, underneath a billowing white cotton tent, a long wooden table had been set up, every inch of it covered with platters of food.
The problem, if you can call it that, is where to start with the La Vie En Rose brunch at Le Meridien.
Foodies looking for a good sampling of Yunnan fare in Kunming might not head straight to the Holiday Inn. But after two eateries with guidebook raves turned out to be closed for an extended Spring Festival holiday - and the "grand dame" hotel of the city turned out to be a decaying old lady - we found unexpected delights at the American chain hotel.
Zhang Minghua's typical day begins before the sun rises and ends around 11 pm. Zhang Xuan gets a glimpse of her life outside Lama Temple in Beijing.
China's National Tourism Administration expects all public toilets at scenic spots to meet its "three-star" standard by 2017. The process requires restrooms to be at least 60 square meters, with separate units for men and women, and round-the-clock free toilet paper rolls, among other measures.
Gao Caiping, 49, cleans the "four-star" toilet at Beijing's Forbidden City. The toilet has three Western-style pedestals and 11 squat units that she says she needs to clean "without a break".
At her first runway show in Beijing, young designer Ding Youqiao tries to blend Chinese culture with Western style, Chen Nan reports.
Fashion is always about renewal, but in this round of Milan Fashion Week it's not just the collections that are getting a fresher-upper, it seems much of the Italian fashion system is.
Madonna shocked music fans when she tumbled down several stairs at the Brit Awards.
Wu Nien-jen wears a number of professional titles. He is a five-time winner of Taiwan's prestigious Golden Horse Award for best original and adapted film scripts.
Fifty Shades of Grey devotees, know this: Whether you end up loving or hating the new movie, author EL James had your back.
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