In China, Nov 11 is a shopping carnival for many people, but for singles, it is a day when they "celebrate" their freedom (the date is 11.11, all lonely ones) but expect to change their status.
As the annual shopping carnival takes place on Singles Day, many Chinese worry about a growing problem. It is the tendency to buy too many things because of the discounts and soon there is very little space to store them at home.
While strolling in a maze of stone-paved lanes that crisscross the ancient villages of Luotian, Shuinan and Jingtai in Anyi county, in Nanchang of Jiangxi province, it's easy to feel lost in time.
A descendant of the Ming imperial clan who first became a Buddhist monk and then a Taoist priest, Bada Shanren represents both an intriguing life story and a unique art style that inspired generations of artists who followed him.
The Austrian composer Franz Schubert was a pioneer of turning poems into music.
To celebrate 66 years of the establishment of the People's Liberation Army Air Force, its performing-arts company will stage a new Western-style Chinese opera this week in Beijing.
An exhibition of works by surrealist Dali in Shanghai is drawing big crowds as the city's residents develop a growing passion for work by great Western artists. Deng Zhangyu reports.
A photo show titled Discovering the Beauty of the Silk Road opened on Saturday in Lanzhou. It presents magnificent landscapes, Buddha sculptures and customs of different ethnic groups in northwestern China's Gansu province.
Some 80 sculptures, over 600,000 tiny plastic bricks, and recreations of some of the world's most iconic masterpieces.
The world's most popular blended Scotch struts its stuff with three Johnny Walker Houses in China. Mike Peters seeks out the malty essence at the Beijing establishment.
Frenchman Vincent Vallee has been crowned the world champion chocolate maker in Paris, beating top chocolatiers from around the globe in a three-day final late last month.
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