A 15th-century qinghua (blue-and-white) stem bowl that was meant for the sacrificial rituals of Chinese emperors will go under the hammer at Christie's sale in Hong Kong on Nov 30.
By 9 o'clock every morning, 55-year-old Hu Xiuxia has been sitting on a small stool and peeling off white seeds from a pomegranate-like plant for almost three hours.
There's an old Italian superstition about spilling wine: If that happens, you should immediately dab a little behind your ears, like perfume, for good luck.
"Imagine," he says as we stroll through his Beijing design studio, Defacto. "You get up in the morning and your 3-D printer/oven has already created your custom breakfast bar. It's made for your taste and for your body's needs, because you did a saliva scan before you went to bed. So your oven knows if you have a hangover, or you're low on certain minerals. It also knows if you're spending the morning at the gym or sitting in an office."
The day after they registered their marriage in Tokyo on Oct 25, 1915, the great revolutionary Sun Yat-sen who died in 1925, and the late Soong Ching-ling signed a pledge.
In June, Beijing-based artist Qiu Zhijie and his students of experimental art from the Central Academy of Fine Arts staged a live performance at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Arts.
The place looked much like an ordinary hangar, or a warehouse, lost among many others in a suburban area.
Lots of green apples dot the stage as a dancer with red lipstick, smoky eyes and a black high-collar fluffy dress walks slowly.
Randy Weiner calls himself a "conventional kid". He graduated from Harvard University, married his high-school sweetheart and is the father of two children.
The 10 most recommended themed tourism routes in China have recently been selected by netizens and tourism experts. They were chosen out of 30 candidates that cover most of the country's tourism treasures.
For centuries, the port city of Hamburg was a powerhouse in maritime trade. These days, Germany's second-largest city is still the country's main entry point for exotic goods. But it is also a magnet for foodies, fans of the arts and folks who prefer to wander rather than power walk their way around a new destination.
Flowers, ocean waves, animals, totems: sitting in his northeast Beijing studio, Cai Honghao hammers on a piece of cow leather, bringing to life a new design.
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