On March 22, 1963, the Beatles released their debut album, Please Please Me. Recorded in EMI's Abbey Road studio, it reached the top of the British album charts in May of that year and remained there for 30 weeks before being replaced by their second album, With the Beatles. It also started the journey of arguably the most legendary and revolutionary rock bands of all time, brought into being by its four members - Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr - in Liverpool in 1960.
After making his debut in China by performing with Mariinsky Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Valery Gergiev at Harbin Grand Theater in August, Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovich returned to China, joining in the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra's tour in the country.
If you want to see the origins of Cantonese cuisine, you must visit Shunde district in Foshan city, Guangdong province.
On Wednesday more than 100 French restaurants in China offered special menus as part of the global event Gout de France (Good France) held in more than 150 countries on five continents. The annual event, in its fourth year, involved more than 3,000 chefs and more than 150 French embassies.
Spring is the main season for Peking Opera fans in the capital as the China National Peking Opera Company - the top national ensemble which founded in 1955 - always presents shows featuring both established and young Peking Opera artists as well as programs ranging from traditional to contemporary works.
NEW YORK - You may not be familiar with the name of the Chinese-American artist Kam Mak but you have probably seen his latest work - The Year of the Dog stamp sheetlet, which highlights and refreshes a lot of fond memories about Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations.
Back in 1963, the founder of the New Jersey-based corporation Pantone, Lawrence Herbert, developed a standardized color matching system that's today the most widely used system for designers and artists. For decades, the company's Pantone Colour Institute has garnered loads of publicity for its annual "color of the year" announcement every December. For 2018, it's Ultra Violet, a blue-based purple that's referred to as mysterious, spiritual and intuitive.
Chinese sports brand Li-Ning impressed fashionistas with its innovative and cutting-edge designs at its debut at the New York Fashion Week earlier this month.
"Humans are always traveling, trading and exchanging thoughts," says a voice in the background as a fashion show called the Night of Fashion Beijing starts at the Beijing Exhibition Center.
Play Club - one of the most popular nightspots in Hong Kong - bustles and even when the night is still young. And it is packed now with locals, expats and visitors as the electronic dance music fad catches on. And the EDM scene in the region is set to get hotter with a new music label.