A master carver brings his family craft to the sixth generation, investing his wooden creations with eyes and other facial features that move. Lin Qi reports.
This year, when the Capital Museum in Beijing celebrates its 35th birthday, it promises not to hold "any major ceremonies".
As we enter the Year of the Monkey, Mike Peters takes stock of where China's food scene has been, and where it's going.
Wang Yizhou seeks to marry different art philosophies in his latest works, Lin Qi reports.
For the first time in Italy, the strength of Chinese characters in the works of a leading artist was central to an exhibition that kicked off on Saturday at the Palazzo dell'Arte (Palace of Art), the headquarters of the Triennale art institution.
The Puzhen tie-dye workshop in Zhoucheng village doesn't have any modern machinery despite being one of the largest such operations in Yunnan province's Dali area.
"In some parts of China, it is tradition to eat and gift apples during Chinese New Year," says chef Tong Chee-hwee, "as the word apple in Chinese 'pinguo' sounds like the word 'peace'."
With more recognition than Halloween and less than Christmas, Valentine's Day as a somewhat recently imported festival faces a precarious situation in China, where it's caught between shifting forces of tradition and fashion.
Of all America's musical heritage, country is among the genres with the least global reach, but a touch of twang has helped make a young Belgian DJ a surprise chart-topper in Europe.
We all agree Monday comes too soon. More Chinese are tacking on an extra day or two to their weekends to travel overseas, Yang Feiyue discovers.
Indonesia expects Chinese arrivals to jump this year, since it has developed special historical destinations, boosted supportive policies and stepped up promotions, a senior tourism official says.
A glacier in Southwest China has been feeding its surroundings with tourism, Li Yang reports in Aba, Sichuan province.
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