Most people know Henri Matisse (1869-1954) for his elegant, simple shapes in bright, optimistic colors. However, the exhibition Matisse: Radical Reinvention, a collaboration between the Museum of Modern Art and the Art Institute of Chicago, reveals a very different Matisse: This is Matisse at his boldest and darkest.
Kunshan, a part of Suzhou in eastern Jiangsu province, topped all other county-level cities to win the title of demonstration city for national science and technology as well as for "treasuring talent".
Kunshan authorities in Jiangsu province are planning a 500-billion-yuan urban expansion.
Despite the international financial crisis, Kunshan in east China's Jiangsu province has maintained steady economic growth and began construction on several long-term projects.
S t. Louis, Missouri - founded in 1764 by two Frenchmen who named it for their king, Louis IX - is a city in the middle of things. It's at the confluence of the Missouri and the Mississippi, two great rivers that mark the width and breadth of North America. It's at the crossroads of North and South and halfway between the East Coast and the West. Sold by Napoleon to the Americans as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, it sounded like a grand destination.
China Daily photographer Wu Zhiyi captures the natural beauty and historic legacy of Wuxi county, east of Chongqing and part of the Three Gorges reservoir.
Expo 2010 Shanghai has greatly promoted tourism in Shanghai and nearby cities. About 4.61 million visitors came to Shanghai from January to July, 33.9 percent more than the same period last year. A recent survey by CCTV showed that 56.1 percent of visitors who stayed overnight in Shanghai visited Expo more than once. Traditional low seasons are not low this year and peak seasons witness a surging number of visitors.
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