The phrase "Maritime Silk Road" evokes a heady period of Chinese history loaded with powerful imagery. While the overland trade route is most celebrated in lore and history, the sea route may have been more important.
China's clampdown on extravagance and corruption has been a dark cloud for makers of most luxury goods, but a new report suggests winemakers are seeing a big silver lining.
For many Chinese born before the 1980s, traditional picture books, or lianhuanhua, are part of childhood memories.
Kwame Alexander's The Crossover, a novel in verse about basketball and coming of age, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year's best children's book. Author-illustrator Dan Santat's The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, a fantasy featuring an island for pretend playmates, received the Randolph Caldecott Medal for best picture book.
French sculptor Camille Claudel, the muse and lover of her renowned peer Auguste Rodin, has inspired authors, playwrights and filmmakers for decades.
Prize-winning author finds companionship - and grist for her book - in a powerful bird of prey, Hugh Lawson reports in London.
Mark Miller has survived 19 years of online dating since his 1995 divorce, yet he still has a smile on his face.
Sichuan province's Baima - said to be East Asia's oldest indigenous group - heralds the changing of China's lunar calendar with elaborate rituals. Chen Ji joins the festivities. Chen Ji
France - the center of world gastronomy - wants to make its reputation for rude waiters a thing of the past.
Sun, sea, sand ... but what about the shopping?
While Zhong Huile's sense of sight is impaired, his sense for sound is superb.
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