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Cheese Sandwich Souffle is easy weeknight meal

[2017-07-21 09:03]

One time many years ago, I was riffling through my grandmother Ruth's box of handwritten recipe cards when I pulled up short at the sight of the title of this recipe for Cheese Sandwich Souffle. Souffle? Fancy! But reading the details, I quickly understood that this item was nothing more or less than the wedding of a ham-and-cheese sandwich and some French toast.

Moment Of Compassion

[2017-07-21 09:03]

Despite the heat, 79-year-old Yudron was among the hundreds of local residents that lined up outside the local medical center in a remote township in the Tibet autonomous region waiting for the chance to see visiting experts from Beijing-based hospitals and medical institutions.

Local company helps herdsmen fight sand and poverty

[2017-07-21 09:03]

Babu Siren runs a thriving business that includes restaurants and dune buggy rides in Hanggin Banner of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. He also farms sheep and licorice.

Orlando in full bloom

[2017-07-20 07:22]

While on a red carpet, English actor Orlando Bloom responds to screaming Chinese fans, signing autographs and posing for photos with them.

Animated film on 'tea pets' set to hit mainland screens

[2017-07-20 07:22]

During a visit to Paris a few years ago, Gary Wang saw some "tea pets" - porcelain figures usually placed on tea trays - displayed in an antique shop there. It reminded Wang of his early years in Fuzhou, East China's Fujian province, where one of local pastimes was to drink tea and "raise" such pets.

After work at Tokyo eatery

[2017-07-20 07:22]

When Japanese director Joji Matsuoka was asked by someone if he had watched the Chinese TV series Midnight Diner, the audience at the Sunday preview of his latest film in Beijing burst into laughter.

Hollywood digs into French sci-fi comic for ideas

[2017-07-20 07:22]

BEVERLY HILLS, California - "I'm Valerian and she's Laureline," Luc Besson says with a smile, and gesturing to his producer and wife, Virginie Besson-Silla. "She's the clever one."

Movie on Shanghai's old Jewish community on streaming sites

[2017-07-20 07:22]

Having lived in Shanghai for a few years, producer and actress Jane Wu learned that more than 20,000 Jewish refugees had taken shelter in the city after fleeing Europe during World War II.

Character building

[2017-07-19 07:43]

Dressed in traditional Chinese dress, called hanfu, with a long plait hanging down her back, 9-year-old Zhang Linxi introduced her artworks - two calligraphies and two ink paintings of birds and flowers - to those who stopped by her works during an exhibition in Beijing's 798 Art District in June.

Something to write home about

[2017-07-19 07:43]

When Chen Hong refused her colleagues' invitation for a party after work, explaining that she had a calligraphy class to attend, her colleagues were surprised and wanted to know why she was learning the ancient writing style.

Should colleges charge public for fields?

[2017-07-19 07:43]

Public access to sports facilities has become a concern for sports authorities over the years. There are many venues for big sports events in the country, but facilities for people to exercise daily are not enough, experts said at a sports forum in Beijing in May.