Wang Chong and his friends gathered at underground train stations in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan for a few days in January with the aim of getting noticed.
Wang Jin has been repairing antique timepieces at Beijing's Palace Museum for decades, in a job that keeps him close to some of the world's most unique collections. Wang Kaihao reports.
Fifteen years ago, a group of treasure hunters uncovered 24 spiralling, solid gold bracelets from the remains of Sarmizegetusa Regia, a site in Romania's central mountainous area that was the capital of Dacia, a once mighty kingdom until it was destroyed by the Romans in about AD 106.
A legendary silverware creator launches a fine-dining restaurant as part of a design lifestyle center. Mike Peters stops in for dinner and an eyeful.
Justly famous for dainty cakes, finger sandwiches and buttery scones, the Peninsula Hotel Shanghai's iconic afternoon tea is now introducing fair-trade tea. On Monday, the hotel adds four additional types of tea - Peninsula Blend, Breakfast Tea, Afternoon Tea and Evening Tea - to the original menu of 16 teas. Exclusively supplied by the Teesta Valley Tea estate in India, which has been producing premium teas since 1841, it is a rare chance to sip and appreciate fair-trade tea in Shanghai, if not all of China.
Swiss collector Uli Sigg will hold his largest display of contemporary Chinese art in Bern, Deng Zhangyu reports.
Guo Taiyuan has devoted his life to the craft of woodprint pictures.
An artist can evolve at any stage of his life or career, as long as the diversity of his works grips people, says Honor Harger, a judge of the Prudential Eye Awards.
Those of marriageable age who return home for the Chinese New Year reunion tend to hear the giant sucking sound of the institution of marriage, reminding them that to be single is shameful.
The "Bard of Avon" will be fondly remembered by China's literary circles and the general public through the year as a series of events to mark his 400th death anniversary begins.
The Yangtze River Delta's six-day visa-free policy that started Saturday will lure more visitors to enjoy lengthier sojourns through the 'land of fish and rice'. Erik Nilsson explores one city per day.
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