The news about Osama bin Laden's death had me thinking, paradoxically, about the Chinese art world. I arrived in China a week before Sept 11, 2001. A month later, I saw my first show in Beijing: A collection of public sculptures installed throughout the common areas of a new condominium and office development.
Official: 'New breakthrough' needed for civilized society
In a significant step toward transparent administration, an official spokesperson system has been started in Xiamen with 25 representatives of various city government departments making their debut on May 20.
After the plan was recently approved by the State Oceanic Administration, beaches around Xiamen Island will be consolidated to make the Chinese mainland's first ocean park.
It may still take time for a direct shipping route to open between Taiwan and Xiamen, but the financial sector is expected to take the lead in carrying out direct deals.
To celebrate the Mid-autumn Festival, bake some moon cakes, Shi Yingying tells how.
The restaurant inside the Czech Republic Pavilion, run by award-winning Czech restaurateurs, is offering diners a taste of authentic cuisine and famous beers from this Eastern European country.
Famed French culinary brothers move out of the Expo and into a historic Shanghai building, Shi Yingying reports.
Still hungry - then eat the cutlery, as Wu Yiyao discovered at the London Case Pavilion.
Flash flamenco dancing is not the only tasty thing of international note that comes out of the southern Spanish region of Andalusia. There is also gazpacho, the delicious cold soup concocted from tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, anchovy, garlic and olive oil - another proud export from this fiercely proud region on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean.
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