A legacy of old-time royal luxury, rosewood furniture is a living fossil of a privileged lifestyle.
The retrospective seeks to tell the story of the rise of indie bands in China. Chen Nan reports.
Government workers in Beijing are enjoying the six-day holiday, during which time authorities have encouraged residents to travel outside the city to ensure the best conditions for the APEC meetings from Nov 5 to 11.
The venues built for the 2008 Beijing Olympics give the Chinese capital a huge advantage as it looks to host the Winter Games, Sun Xiaochen reports.
The legacy of the 2008 Beijing Olympics is not just embodied by the concrete structures built for the event, but is also reflected in the rising number of volunteers across China.
Taking a daily workout at an Olympic venue may seem like a luxury to regular sports lovers, but Yang Jinhan has played badminton on the court where superstar Lin Dan won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics for about five years.
At 2:28 pm on May 12, 2008, an 8.0-magnitude quake struck Sichuan province. Towns were leveled and villages were buried, as mountains crumbled into rivers and dammed them to further threaten residents. Many survivors said that the worst was yet to come. In Chongqing, China's former wartime capital (1937-45) that stands hundreds of kilometers away from the epicenter, the tremor woke Li Guifang, 68, from her nap. Li's immediate thought was to rush down the apartment stairs and shout: "Take cover, sisters! The Japanese (invaders) are here again!"
2:28 pm, May 12, 2008: An 8.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Wenchuan, Sichuan province.
Before last year's Shanghai World Expo, Beijing Zoo was known for its endangered indigenous species: giant pandas, Siberian tigers and the Tibetan gazelle. Pretty soon it may include another beast altogether: flying men from Latvia ricocheting around vertical wind tunnels.
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