Houhuang village is picture of green fields, clean rivers, and ancient buildings with redbrick walls and red-tile roofs. Some are nearly a century old and used to serve as lookout towers for the Chinese Red Army.
Once every winter, thick smoke begins to swallow up the houses in this village in the barren lands of Avila, northwest of Madrid. It means the town's bonfire festival honoring St. Anthony the Abbot has begun.
The recently concluded 30th Beijing Book Fair examined not only the recent past but also the near future.
Several titles released during the Beijing Book Fair from Jan 12-14 are expected to become super best-sellers in China this year.
The TV documentary Masters in the Forbidden City has made "craftsmen" a buzzword - and the new book Meet Craftsmen in Beijing is answering demand for more stories about folk artisans.
Like spicy food? New research suggests that besides giving a flash of heat to your favorite dishes, chili peppers could also help you live longer.
As wine drinkers around the world savor the latest vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau, one public face of the wine has much in common with the celebrated French red - youth - and one distinct dissimilarity: She's Chinese.
Moris Topaz sees medicine as a unique link between China and his home country, Israel.
When Tian Maoshun was released from prison in 2013, the first thing he did was to visit a local police station to find Yang Jiafa, the policeman who had arrested him.
She is the "world's oldest yoga teacher" who, at age 98, still teaches five classes a week. But above all, Tao Porchon-Lynch is a poster child for health and positivity in a world obsessed by wellness and longevity. The former model and Hollywood contract actress - who earned her title from Guinness World Records - still has a delicate, slender physique.
Connoisseurs of wine and tea have had the opportunity to find out for themselves just how similar two beverages traditionally regarded as being totally different actually are.
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