A Taste For China

One spring afternoon on a lake in Zhejiang province,

Shanghai red-braised pork with eggs

Totem Of The Plateau

On China's online social networks, Wu Yuchu called himself Yagebo, which means old yak in Tibetan.

Artworks capture struggles of Red Army in Long March

The high-altitude Ruoergai Grassland in northern Sichuan province attracts tourists today for picturesque wetlands and diverse wildlife. More than 80 years ago, however, the scene was less tranquil - the Red Army fighting against harsh terrain and weather during the Long March, a military retreat the Communist Party of China conducted from 1934-36.

Scans unveil the secrets of the oldest mummies

The world's oldest mummies have just had an unusual checkup.

Giving the bard a common touch

One of William Shakespeare's tragedies, King Lear, is being translated into Mandarin for a stage production, which will open in Beijing on Jan 20. The play is a production by the National Center for the Performing Arts and is part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 10-year cultural exchange project, entitled Shakespeare's Folio Translation Project.

Hamilton composer Manuel Miranda still on a roll

Winning a Pulitzer Prize and a clutch of Tony Awards in a single year would be enough for almost anyone. Not Lin-Manuel Miranda. Not in 2016.

Pudgy pop stars aim at obesity prejudice

Competition is cutthroat among Japan's thousands of pop-idol wannabes, but a unique concept is winning fame for a band of "chubby" girls deploying their cheeky cuteness to combat prejudices against obesity.

Go cosmo

Shanghai is a mega city that's the engine of China's financial and innovation development. It offers a captivating blend of modernity and old-world charm like no other place in the country.

A river that flows with culture

Many world-class cities are endowed with a first-rate river.

Where East meets West for dinner

Guidebooks advise sampling Shanghai's "must-tries" like xiaolongbao (soup dumplings), red-braised pork and hairy crabs.

Striking a chord in new headphone market

Daniel Sennheiser, chief executive officer of Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Co KG, one of the world's biggest audio system producers by sales revenue, cannot stop thinking about how many lower-tier Chinese cities his products have yet to reach, every time he visits the country.