Colas, sugary drinks and other much-maligned beverages of their ilk are feeling the heat not just of the summer but from the rise of new-age packaged liquids that are natural, healthful, harmless or vitamin-fortified.
When a friend, a middle-aged Chinese man from Xi'an, heard that I was going to meet Cecilia Lindqvist in Beijing last month, he told me to thank her because both his children grew up reading Characters Kingdom.
South Korean translator Kim Tae-Sung, one of the 19 recipients of the 10th Special Book Award of China, who was recently honored at the Great Hall of the People, says he was a rebel at university when he started learning Chinese.
Field Guide to Natural History and Wildlife of Nujiang-Gaoligong Mountains
Green fields and white-walled farmhouses with black-shingled rooftops color Wucun's agrarian allure.
The giant luxury cruise liner was anchored just off Nome, too hulking to use the Bering Sea community's docks on its inaugural visit.
Old photos of a city are always interesting to look at as they freeze time and capture history for those who come later to visit or live.
Twelve years ago, 14-year-old John Randolph Thornton was sent to China for a year's study by his father, John Thornton, a banker and a visiting professor at Tsinghua University.
When Irish novelist Dermot Bolger began writing his highly praised novel Tanglewood, the booming Celtic Tiger economy was still roaring its loudest.
If it is grand traditional Mongolian wedding ceremonies you want to see, there's one man you can count on.
How do artists see the world? Artists, both from home and abroad, present their views, especially through paintings, in an art show that opened on Saturday in Beijing.
Hangzhou is justly famous for its local cuisine, but it's not well-known as an outpost for foreign fare. So on a recent visit to Zhejiang's provincial capital, we were pleasantly surprised to discover La Pedrera - a Spanish restaurant with an impressive wine list tucked in a corner of a large Chinese hotel.
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