A social media campaign to attract more Chinese visitors to the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, has been hailed a success with tourist numbers shooting up by 40 percent.
BEIJING - The Asia-Pacific region has become a big driver of the global aviation industry, corporate executives and industry organizations said.
Still camera-or cameraman-shy in the age of selfies? Or, selfie-obsessed but have no professional photography skills? Bored of plain-vanilla selfies, so crave special effects? Or, want to start a photography business but don't have image software skills and hardware? Whatever be the case, there's a new businessse - lfie studios - just for you.
Wai Wai Oo, a student from Myanmar, whips out her smartphone, and facing its screen, takes a selfie. Within seconds, BeautyPlus, a Chinese self-editing app on her phone, beautifies the image: face becomes slim, dark circles under her eyes disappear, and patches of rouge appear on her lips.
Chinese smartphone companies such as Vivo Mobile Communication Technology and Oppo Electronics Corp are making new gadgets that can beautify images of women in a convenient way.
In the buzzing basement alleys of Beijing's Tai Koo Li shopping plaza, a newly opened shop measuring no more than 30 square meters has been attracting much attention of late.
Winter tourism has injected vitality into Altay in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, which experiences temperatures of nearly minus 30 degrees Celsius in the coldest depths of the season. Ski resorts in Altay attract a large number of tourists.
Nuo Opera is a traditional drama popular in Xiangdong district of Pingxiang, Jiangxi province, which originates from ancient sacrificial ceremonies. In those days, performing Nuo Opera was thought to drive away plague and other epidemic diseases. Nowadays, it is a custom for local people to perform the opera during traditional festivals to pray for good luck.
The government of Beijing's Chaoyang district had opened eight self-service libraries by the end of last year, forming the largest group of such public libraries in the capital city.
China's tightening regulations on bank lending have put more hidden credit back on balance sheets, as the authorities strive to readjust the method of calculating the major money supply indicator to better supervise financial expansion.
The nation's top economic regulator this week further tightened regulation for debt issuance as regulatory authorities pledged to prevent further accumulation of hidden debt by local governments.
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