"We hope in the future that there will be no restrictions on our entrance to the stadium. For many years ago I have hoped that women will be given the same rights as men."
"I just want to make the world a better place if I can use me as an instrument. I'm going to start there first."
Bat-Erdene Damdin-suren, an artist from Mongolia, is participating in the seventh edition of Beijing International Art Biennale with an installation called Silk, a tribute to the enduring influences of Silk Road and Maritime Silk Road as well as wider communication among different civilizations.
Grace Wu Bruce is known to people who love classic Chinese furniture as a prominent dealer in the field, and she is often hailed as the "queen of huanghuali" (a highly sought-after wood used in Chinese furniture).
On a 2-meter high, 5-meter wide canvas, flower petals are painted densely with thick oil colors. If you look at the painting from farther away, the petals - painted in different shades of blue - form an exquisite scene of waves on the sea.
Chinese smartphone users tapping away to take photos on their devices has become a common sight across the country.
Xu Huayuan is using secateurs to trim blueberry trees in a vast plantation in Yunnan province.
Although it only opened to the public in March last year, Jinlinwan tourism town has attracted 600,000 visitors so far this year, up 50 percent over the same period of last year, with many coming to relax in the hot springs and view the fields of lavender.
Chen Xinyi can still recall the first song she learned after moving from Nanjing, Jiangsu province, to Xi'an, Shaanxi province, at the age of 13. It was Lan Huahua, a popular folk song of Northwest China.
Chen Peisi has been a star ever since his debut in a sketch comedy for CCTV's Spring Festival Gala in 1983. He has made Chinese audiences laugh over the past three decades.
The 2018 Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition will be held from Aug 10 to Sept 1 in the Chinese metropolis.
Yaks buck. I learned this when I mounted one year ago while camping with a nomad beneath a glacier in Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture's Qumarleb county.
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