Travel fever may have subsided with the end of the National Day holiday week, but for those who have saved up their paid vacation, the best is yet to come.
The string of active volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean has lived up to its Ring of Fire name lately, sparking mass evacuations in Indonesia and Vanuatu and unsettling parts of southwestern Japan. The 450 or so volcanoes that make up the ring outline where the massive Pacific Plate grinds against other plates that form the Earth's crust, creating a 40,000-kilometer-long zone prone to earthquakes and other seismic upheaval.
If there were just one man who disagreed with the sentiment that good wine sells itself, it would probably be Yu Jianrong.
It is part of Shanghai municipality and only about 70 kilometers from downtown as the crow flies, but Chongming district is so distinctly different that it could just as well be at the other end of the country.
Chongming is the world's largest sand island, and with its location on the estuary of the Yangtze River and the East China Sea and its unique soil traits, it is endowed with ideal conditions for growing many plants, vegetables and fruits.
The clinic that Liu Jian manages on Chongming island northeast of downtown Shanghai is unlike any you will ever have seen. It is quiet, spacious, and empty - and indeed is desperately keen to have patients.
The Beijing Music Festival will present Orchestral Marathon Chinese Symphonic All-Stars on Oct 14, featuring 10 hours of performances by 10 Chinese symphony orchestras.
There are many ways to experience Beijing - such as through music.
An original dance drama will mark the 90th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army's founding.
Jia Zhangke, one of China's most internationally recognized film directors, finally has the chance to place the cinematic spotlight on his home province of Shanxi with the launch of a new international film festival.
NEW YORK - A new documentary about anxiety argues that everyone to some extent suffers from stress, nerves and social fear. And, to make their point, the filmmakers have enlisted as Exhibit A the most decorated Olympian in history.
Next-generation electronic devices are receiving attention worldwide, and Earl Plummer says, he is happy that a decadelong collaboration with Chinese organizations has contributed to the sector's growth in the country.
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