Even talented people need encouragement, singer-songwriter Cui Jian says.
How do you survive alone on an arid planet 225 million kilometers from Earth? A stranded astronaut, played by Matt Damon, provides the answers in the sci-fi hit The Martian.
While most directors rely on computers to transform actors into superheroes, Xu Haofeng shoots his martial arts flicks in a more traditional way through training the star to be a real kung fu master.
If not for the earthquake on May 12, 2008, Xin Ying would still enjoy a smooth life in the small and scenic town of Mianyang in Southwest China's Sichuan province, teaching dance at the Sichuan College of Culture and Arts.
At a late-afternoon rehearsal in a vast studio at Hou Ying Dance Theater on Beijing's outskirts, one of the dancers suddenly sprains her ankle. Hou Ying, the company's founder and dancer-choreographer, comes over to check the injury and tells her to rest.
Honghu Lake, Hubei province's biggest lake, is "a place better than paradise" with abundant fish, rice, lotus and ducks, says a popular Chinese folk song.
Ardi Pulaj from Albania has visited roughly 30 places across China.
Northeastern China's Jilin province is going to work with its neighbors to expand tourism development in the near future.
While heavy snowfall has dropped temperatures and disrupted traffic in northern China over the weekend, ski resorts are enjoying a rush of tourists to enjoy the first ski season after China won the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
With Chinese increasingly taking to the online world - from shopping to reading - book publishers are faced with the challenge of finding and keeping readers of printed materials.
Clad in a T-shirt, a sweater, and Converse shoes, 79-year-old Zhang Beihai seems much younger. He is energetic and alert when speaking about his novel, Xia Yin, which is now being adapted into a movie by director Jiang Wen.
Nuts are both delicious and nutritious but some are tough to crack due to their hard shells.
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