Hundreds of people in Quxu county in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet autonomous region, have relocated to a new settlement provided by the government under a poverty alleviation project. The new community, named Sanyou village, was built in four months from scratch.
LOS ANGELES - A house clad in mirrors pops out of the California desert. It blends into the landscape, reflecting a kaleidoscope of the urban grid and arid valley of Palm Springs to the delight of photographers and selfie-seekers.
Beijing-based Syrian scholar Firas Sawah cites Tao Te Ching when asked about his romance with China. The book not only brought him here but has also played an important role in his daily life.
It took Tom Hiddleston nearly an hour to walk across a few meters of red carpet to get to a Beijing hall. Screaming fans scrambled for autographs and photos, and became more excited after hearing the star greet them in Mandarin.
When singer Xu Weizhou (more popularly known as Timmy Xu) arrived at the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, he was astonished to see a frenzied mob of local fans screaming his name in Mandarin.
Chinese filmmakers are now seeking to tap the highly developed movie markets of North America and Europe. But what about the countries in China's neighborhood? Are Chinese films doing well there?
Photographer Zou Junxin is known by his assumed name, Jun Cheng, which means "a rugged journey" in Chinese - for good reason.
The National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra will make its first foray into the Arab world by staging two concerts at the Abu Dhabi Festival on Friday and Saturday.
AMSTERDAM - The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam welcomed home two paintings by the Dutch master on Tuesday, more than 14 years after they were ripped off the museum's wall in a nighttime heist.
Zhou Huiquan starts work at the Chinese University of Hong Kong at 7:30 am. At the end of her work day, she spends three hours dancing ballet.
SAN FRANCISCO - Kwabena Boahen, a professor of bioengineering and of electrical engineering at Stanford University, has envisioned a new generation of computers to be brainlike, or neuromorphic, machines that are vastly more efficient than the conventional digital computers.
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