A manufacturer of Chinese liqueurs, Chen Chao wanders through the bamboo-covered mountains of southwestern China's Sichuan province to his "cellar", where he will check on this year's prize blend.
The Christian feast day of Epiphany, Jan 6, is when three kings from the East were said to have visited the newborn Christ child. Western pastry chefs have added their own tradition: la galette des rois (king cake). Originally, a little bean was hidden amid the sweetness of the puff pastry and frangipani, but since 1870, a figurine has been the treasure in the cake, and the person who finds the trinket in a slice becomes king or queen for the day.
American economist Robert Engle gave Chinese officials some ideas on how to make China's financial sector more efficient.
Octavia Spencer, who won an Oscar and several other awards for best supporting actress in The Help, was named Woman of the Year on Wednesday by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
When Tseng Yu-chien was 5 years old, his teacher called his parents to school because he sang Happy Birthday out of tune.
The surprising turn of Chinese superstar Jiang Wen in the latest Star Wars movie has sparked a lot of audience interest, and also some unintended controversy.
In 2008, Matthew Knowles was sad when his sports career at Clemson Tigers Football, his university team, ended due to a knee injury. But a call from Southwest China's Guizhou province became a turning point for the Carolina native.
In a mass migration to a remote planet, a passenger accidentally wakes up 90 years earlier, discovering he will have to spend the rest of his life alone in a 120-year, nonstop journey.
For Chinese pop singers, it's quite common to cover Western pop songs in the original versions or in Chinese versions to seek international attention.
Robert De Niro may play the role of Bernie Madoff, the man behind the biggest stock-market fraud in history in HBO's The Wizard of Lies, but that doesn't mean he understands him.
English proficiency is the key to the international market for many Chinese stars.
Many Chinese pop singers are polishing their English-language skills to speak - and sing - to a global audience.
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