Teacher Shi Shangbai's lessons could come straight out of the Central Academy of Drama. The stage is set in a classroom, which is located on a sheep farm in Beijing's northern suburbs. He asks one student to lie down on her side on a large piece of white paper and then instructs one of her classmates to bend over, and using a crayon, draw an outline of her torso.
"You're here to climb the mountain?" the owner of the roadside hun tun (dumpling soup) stall asks me in the city of Tai'an, Shandong province.
All eyes will be on James Blunt when he launches his one-night-only show at the Starlive in Beijing on April 18. His fans could kill for a ticket, though the concert has been sold out nearly two month ago.
Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, has long been seen as a haven for people looking for a relaxing retreat. Staying at the Shangri-La Hotel, Chengdu, which opened just last December, I had three days to find out just why.
The 2008 China H1 Hot Air Balloon Challenge Games will be held from April 24 to 30 in Haikou, Hainan province, together with the second Hot Air Balloon Festival.
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