Spring Festival is not only a traditional seven-day holiday when Chinese residents go home for family reunions. It's also a time many people prefer to spend traveling.
A niche market has developed for themed tours in China, as Chinese consumers enjoy increasing amounts of disposable income and leisure time.
Zhang Jing, 28, an administrative staff member at a university in Shenzhen, had a different accommodation experience when she traveled to Taipei, Taiwan, last month.
As increasing numbers of sports savvy Chinese tourists take vacations abroad, the country's travel agencies are busy providing sports tourism tours and packages.
'Can a newspaper really be ironed, and what for?" asked Pei Yuchen, an office clerk at a State-owned enterprise, after reading about a school for butlers in Chengdu in the southwestern province of Sichuan.
Christopher Noble, director of training at the International Butler Academy in Chengdu, said that in addition to household and hospitality skills, a successful butler must also have the ability to communicate effectively, balance tricky relations in a big family and separate his or her own life from that of their employer.
Preservation of the masterpiece of ancient Tibetan culture, The Epic of King Gesar, is facing challenges on two fronts:
Long the purview of singers and storytellers, The Epic of King Gesar is now being introduced to new audiences via a new realm: the Internet.
As the youngest known storyteller of The Epic of King Gesar, 25-year-old Sithar Dorje revels in his role as a nascent messenger for the ancient Tibetan masterpiece.
The number of wealthy Chinese continues to rise, prompting greater demand for highly trained domestic servants.
China hopes to unlock the potential of tourism consumption by establishing more duty-free shops.
Two extra "hands" of China's top court heard more than 1,700 cases last year, helping residents solve disputes at home and relieving the burden of filing petitions in Beijing.
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