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World's oldest tea goes on display this week

[2016-05-17 08:14]

Tea unearthed from the 2,100-year-old tomb of an emperor will be displayed at a museum in northwestern China this week.

Canadian jazz artist brings wide range to Beijing

[2016-05-17 08:14]

Canadian jazz pianist, composer and singer Laila Biali is getting ready for her debut performance in Beijing.

Shy star returns

[2016-05-16 08:02]

As Zhang Huoding walks to the stage, cameras follow her and the crowds get excited. The 45-year-old is one of a few Peking Opera performers who can get the attention usually reserved for a pop star.

India's musical siblings to make China debut with rare instrument

[2016-05-16 08:02]

When musicians Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan perform in Shanghai at the weekend and in Beijing later in the month, audiences will get a taste of Indian classical music through a rare instrument called the sarod.

Going wild

[2016-05-16 08:02]

Beijinger Hou Yanlin spent April's Tomb Sweeping holiday tromping the wilderness, hunting for wild animals to shoot - with infrared cameras, rather than guns. To protect rather than kill them.

Beijing's UFO is out of this world

[2016-05-16 08:02]

Don't look down.

Hipster Denver street in the making

[2016-05-16 08:02]

A busy street connecting downtown Denver to the interstate, roaring with trucks and running alongside railroad tracks, might not sound like a trendy neighborhood in the making.

'Pioneer' commuters turn on the electricity

[2016-05-14 07:46]

Electric scooters help riders escape Mexico City's gridlock, while reducing air pollution

Italy says happy 70th birthday to iconic scooter

[2016-05-14 07:46]

Design classic and symbol of the dolce vita, the Vespa turned 70 last month and Italy's most celebrated scooter is buzzing along nicely after tripling sales in the last decade.

Teamwork or torture? Japan's gym class

[2016-05-14 07:46]

Serious injuries to children prompt calls for a ban

Sing wherever, whenever as Indonesian karaoke goes mobile

[2016-05-14 07:46]

An Indonesian rickshaw fitted with a karaoke machine blasts out loud music next to a row of food stalls, as revelers sing and dance enthusiastically nearby.

Homing fantasy

[2016-05-13 08:07]

US chemist Theresa Dankovich, who is in her 30s, won the top prize at the Design Intelligence Award 2016 on Sunday in Hangzhou, the capital of East China's Zhejiang province. Her entry called a "drinkable book" uses technologically advanced filter paper, which is said to be capable of killing deadly germs that cause cholera and typhoid. And there is information inked on the pages, which is mainly to remind people about water safety.

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