The brand Montblanc has been known in China for its writing tools and leather goods. But, the German company also produces jewelry, fragrances, eyewear and luxury watches.
Like author Zhang Mei, I am fascinated by Chief Li, the ethnic Bai leader of the Stone Dragon Village. It's a tiny place, with about a thousand folks tucked into the mountains near Dali in Yunnan province.
Golden crab gravy oozes from the tops of buns stuffed with crab meat, while other dim sum treats are bursting with pork, soup or shocking green bits of a local plant called bur clover.
Three years ago, when Zhong Lifang was in New York, she went to watch an "immersive" theater production Sleep No More, which was adapted from William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Water engineer Ian Cluckie says that when he first visited China in 1989 he was surprised to find he was already famous.
Action star Donnie Yen placed his deadly hands and feet in cement at Hollywood's TCL Chinese Theatre on Wednesday, voicing hope that his career would inspire fellow Asians to take up acting.
In Japan's animation world Hayao Miyazaki is a master. His classics account for around half of Japan's top 10 highest-grossing hits, but his status is now being challenged by a rising star.
Independent drama Manchester by the Sea, about a working-class American family dealing with multiple tragedies, has become an early front-runner in Hollywood's awards season as the National Board of Review named it the best film of 2016 on Tuesday.
On a soundstage no bigger than a large bedroom a cameraman takes up various angles to film a helicopter that isn't there, landing on a field that isn't there either.
Since the central government announced the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, Liu Kuanren, head of the cultural department in Shaanxi's local government, has been thinking up ways to internationally promote the heritage of his province that is located in Northwest China. This is the home of the famous Terracotta Warriors.
When the Peking Opera Festival opened on Tuesday at the Darwin Entertainment Centre, audiences in Australia got the chance to see a troupe of nearly 70 Peking Opera actors and musicians from the Jingju Theater Company of Beijing, which is on tour through Dec 1.
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