Chinese women have been quick to appreciate the one-of-a-kind elegance of Italian fashion house Giada, Sun Yuanqing reports.
That's the message behind World Baijiu Day, as a Beijing blogger tries to cut through global misperceptions about the world's most-consumed spirit. Mike Peters reports.
Said to be the only baijiu made entirely in the United States, Vinn Baijiu is made from brown rice in Portland, Oregon. The family patriarch, Phan Ly, brought his seven-generation-old recipe to the US when he moved his ethnically Chinese family from Vietnam in 1979. "Vinn" is the common middle name of his five children, who now run the business and produce mijiu (rice liquor), baijiu and vodka that's sold in the US Pacific Northwest. His daughter Michelle Ly talks about what it takes to sell baijiu in America.
Some of my friends who often join me for dinner would not care for the Trattoria Valmarana.
We can't guarantee the new tuna plate at Element Fresh will help you win the French Open - or even improve your backhand. But China's retired but still favorite tennis ace, Li Na, has teamed up with the restaurant to promote healthy eating, saying: "I love fresh food, the source of vitality." Her new favorite, according to a new menu of five items she's endorsing, is Fire and Ice Tuna: spicy ahi tuna grilled medium-rare, with tangy chilled greens, cucumber, jicama and a wasabi vinaigrette. On the side: kombu potato salad with shiso and sesame. Price for the plate: 128 yuan at Element Fresh outlets around China.
A Russian teaches Chinese the art of oil painting. Yang Yang reports in Hunan province.
The 1984 Summer Olympic torch that Bruce Jenner carried through Lake Tahoe, Nevada, is going on auction where it could fetch $20,000 or more.
Five hikers, all blind or partially sighted, crossed a mountain range in eastern France recently thanks to an innovative GPS system that developers hope can help millions of people with vision problems.
Despite a nearly 50 percent rise in Chinese box-office returns this year, local moviemakers aren't smiling. Xu Fan reports.
Self/less, if you couldn't tell from the preposterous title, is a deeply silly movie that takes itself very, very seriously.
Adam Nimoy has found a way to spend countless hours with his late father Leonard Nimoy: He's creating a documentary for the actor who played Spock in the Star Trek franchise.
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