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Shanghai marks Judgment of Paris wine event

[2016-09-13 07:21]

On a recent Sunday, there was a lot of spitting going on at one of Shanghai's most sophisticated restaurants. That's because the California Wine Institute had gathered some of China's most sophisticated palates to taste 26 top chardonnays and cabernet sauvignons.

Chile serves up lamb from 'the end of the world'

[2016-09-13 07:21]

Lamb lovers will have a field day soon - a field week, even - when the Chilean embassy sponsors its annual gastronomic week at a Beijing hotel.

Healthy mooncake on offer

[2016-09-13 07:21]

As the Mid-Autumn Festival arrives this week, mooncakes are now hot sellers, with some interesting trends. The big one: Though gift boxes are as popular as ever, more people are buying the sweet or savory pastries to eat themselves. That means more demand for fresh-made and healthier selections, such as the goodies from the 100-percent vegan and organic bakery Sweet Edition in Beijing. Made with nuts, almond, dates, figs, chia seeds, sesame, cacao butter, the festive treats are unbaked, and free of processed sugar, dairy and gluten. Available in chocolate and sweet-date flavors, a four-piece box (200g) runs 100 yuan ($15), while a six-piece box is 150 yuan.

Qingzhou's trove

[2016-09-13 07:21]

Two decades ago, construction workers discovered a cache while digging a foundation for a school in Qingzhou city in East China's Shandong province.

See emotions through a new perspective

[2016-09-13 07:21]

Photography's purpose is to capture slices of life and freeze them for eternity on paper. And, with new technology, artists have moved beyond realistic depictions to monologues through photography.

Elderly artist Wu Biduan holds first retro show of his works

[2016-09-13 07:21]

Wu Biduan is holding his first retrospective exhibition at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, where the 90-year-old taught for several decades until his retirement in 1988.

Slaves to humor

[2016-09-12 07:34]

In 2010, Guo Degang and Cao Yunjin had a fallout. It took them six years to hang out the dirty laundry in public.

New dance center offers a global stage

[2016-09-12 07:34]

The new Shanghai International Dance Center will celebrate its opening on Oct 1, adding one more landmark to the city's cultural map.

Changing perceptions

[2016-09-12 07:34]

They just shop. They spend indiscriminately. They cause trouble.

Thailand says fees won't stop arrivals

[2016-09-12 07:34]

The Tourism Authority of Thailand said earlier this month the country's tourism is expected to keep growing and generate $75 billion throughout 2016, adding that the coming visa on arrival fee hike may not decrease Chinese and Indian arrivals.

Chinese are answering Canada's call

[2016-09-12 07:34]

Zhang Donghai was delighted during his drive across Canada's British Columbia and Alberta last autumn.

Reliving the lives and times of Chinese immigrants

[2016-09-10 07:17]

For Sophia Soon, a Singapore-born museum guide, a black-and-white picture taken of a Chinese man - probably a first-generation immigrant - and now hanging on the wall of the Chinese Heritage Center at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, speaks volumes. "Look at his shoes - so small that he could barely squeeze his feet in," she says.