A two-story red-brick building with curved exterior walls and a dark, orb-like entrance in the east of Beijing's central business district is lit up by a red sign hanging above the door that says, "Aye Be Meeting Someone".
Britain has celebrated its drinking culture for centuries but initiatives such as the "Dry January" campaign show body-conscious adults are now shunning alcohol in record numbers - a phenomenon seized upon by the drinks industry.
The venue is Jenny Lou's Palmsprings shop in Beijing where Italian chef Fabio Falanga is boiling pasta, surrounded by Parma ham, cheese, vinegar, extra virgin olive oil and red wines from Italy.
China is preparing to build a "Noah's Ark" for precious books and documents from ancient times, an official from the National Library of China in Beijing revealed in a recent interview with China Daily.
In a dimly lit hall, the stage is decorated like a soon-to-erupt volcano. Suddenly, the roars and growls of dinosaurs rattle the floorboards.
Jackie Chan has been a world-renowned kung fu giant for around four decades. But the 64-year-old still remembers his difficult early days.
In the past, Chinese animation films have rarely won rave reviews.
A summer talent show released on Tencent's video platform that's looking to create a leading girl group from China has been generating a huge buzz on the country's social media platforms.
"What's your profession?" asks Beijing-based internet celebrity and actor Mike Sui.
Gong Linna, renowned Chinese musician and founder of Chinese New Art Music, put her music teaching methods to practice for the first time at the Tracing Roots practice concert and music festival of the Affiliated High School of Peking University on May 23.
BEIJING - Traditional family structures remain popular among young Chinese with 59 percent saying they want to have a child within two years of marriage, according to a survey.
BEIJING - China is moving to standardize a coming-of-age ceremony for high school students in a bid to promote core socialist values and a sense of responsibility, Wednesday's China Youth Daily reported.
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