The dish sounded great to a group of Chinese tourists in Venice. They had struggled over the menu - they understand English, but the Italian was complicating things.
In 2003, Benjamin Devos worked at an international hotel in Beijing for seven months, and that short stay changed the young Frenchman's life.
Zhou Yuan has had sensitive skin all her life, she says. But living in Hangzhou, capital of eastern China's Zhejiang province, has made it worse.
As the summer recedes, it is time to pack up the season's clothing and go shopping for the next. Galeries Lafayette Beijing recently held a preview of some 2015 fall/winter collections that offer glimpses of likely trends in the coming few months:
The criticism surrounding a round of posters promoting a WWII film has led its makers to give out more material to correct misperceptions. Xu Fan reports.
A remake of a 1972 Russian film has been tickling a generation's collective memory since hitting China's big screens on Tuesday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of victory in World War II.
The 40th Toronto International Film Festival will play host to a star-studded roster of top filmmakers and movie stars next month, including Ridley Scott, Matt Damon, Sandra Bullock and Johnny Depp.
Chinese director Mabel Cheung's A Tale of Three Cities is based on the wartime experiences of Jackie Chan's parents. Xu Fan reports. Mabel Cheung recalls a scene from her wartime epic, A Tale of Three Cities, in which several Chinese soldiers are beheaded by Japanese invaders.
The next James Bond could be black or gay, argues 007 veteran Pierce Brosnan.
Valerian, an upcoming big-budget French sci-fi movie, may have to be filmed outside of France because it will star American and British actors, its director, Luc Besson, said earlier this week.
Men and women flying with swords in hand amid bamboo trees swaying in the wind are images from kung fu films that Chinese born in the 1970s and '80s still cherish.
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