Guizhou native Li Kuanding, 70, is not only one of the most established novelists in Southwest China but also a successful businessman who founded Haitian Yuan, a cemetery of about 250,000 square meters.
People who work in the funeral industry are among the most psychologically distressed groups in China, with close to half of all employees polled suffering from minor to severe mental problems, a report has found.
China Fashion Week ended on Tuesday. More than 100 designers participated in 26 fashion shows, other competitions and showroom events. The participants included veterans such as Bosideng, Jeanswest and Dancing Wolves. New designer brands like Mildtree and Ilovechoc made their debut. Two Chinese brands showcased fashion influenced by the country's ethnic minorities, including Miao embroidery and Idili silk of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
Web novels are a hit among movie and TV producers in China due to their low adaptation costs, Xu Fan reports.
ABC's General Hospital earned a leading 28 nominations for the Daytime Emmy awards, with four of its stars competing for honors as top actor or actress.
US action star Vin Diesel says he is such a big fan of the Middle Kingdom, he may film the next installment of his successful movie franchise in the country. Wang Kaihao reports.
Before Helen Mirren agreed to play elderly Jewish World War II refugee Maria Altmann in the new film Woman in Gold, the Academy Award-winning actress checked the last page of the screenplay to see if the character was there.
When British actor Colin Firth was 2 years old, the first James Bond movie, Dr. No, was released and moviegoers around the world became instantly enamored with the fictional spy.
Young spring lamb and Mediterranean herbs keep old traditions alive at Easter, writes cookbook author Katerina Stai.
A seminar on steak, with a nice red table wine to wash it down, quickly became a rave session for the rib-eye at a recent tasting lunch at Morton's Beijing, the capital's branch of the famed Chicago steakhouse. "It's all about marbling, the integration of fat in the meat," says Tony Mesiano, the wholesale importer of chilled Angus beef from Rangers Valley in New South Wales, Australia. Mesiano shared some butchering basics - including "where to cut" tips by demonstrating on the backside of the restaurant's grinning executive chef Peter Yu. (His remarks were edited for the lack of space.)
For many Chinese, Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, which falls on April 5 this year, is associated with a famous painting created by Zhang Zeduan during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).
Every four or five years a particularly harsh winter sweeps through the steppes of Mongolia and Kazakhstan.
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