Smarter residential landscaping means we can savor the spring season without joining the crowds at formal public gardens, Xu Lin discovers.
Thanks to the high temperatures this spring, some flowers in Beijing, such as cherries and peach blossoms, have started to bloom early.
Photos of a high-speed train blasting through blazes of apricot flowers at Beijing's Juyongguan Pass have ignited a firestorm online.
Cuandixia is a two-hour drive and a couple of centuries away from Beijing.
Not quite a century ago, Vienna was downgraded from being the glorious capital of a sprawling empire to the capital of just one country, Austria. What remains undiminished is the city's reputation as a capital of high living.
With many countries in Europe suffering from recession while the yuan continues to strengthen, traveling to the famously pricey continent has become much cheaper for many Chinese. If you are interested in getting a taste of Europe, now is the time to go.
Krakow, once the ancient capital and one of the oldest cities of Poland, is one of the most charming cities in Poland.
When Guillermo Pulido Gonzalez first worked in China from 2008 to 2010, he was amazed that the Chinese people he encountered had been exposed to such Mexican writers as Carlos Fuentes, Elena Poniatowska and Octavio Paz through Chinese translations.
Martin Grubinger mounted the stage in a plain black T-shirt, while everyone else in the orchestra sported black dresses and tuxedos.
When Ma Jianguo's book, A Collection of Jack Ma's Ink and Wash Masterpieces, was published in 2015, the painter and journalist said he owes much of his artistic achievements to his journalism background.
The original manuscript of Don McLean's enigmatic hit song American Pie sold at auction in New York on Tuesday for $1.2 million, Christie's says.
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