The reflection of a ring on a large mirror attracts groups of visitors, who take out their phones and click many photos that will later be shared on social media.
New York-based artist Spencer Sweeney is in Beijing on his debut visit but he's far from lonely.
"My work explores fundamental questions about who we are and where we came from," says Professor Meemann Chang, who in a long career examining fish fossils has discovered some of our earliest ancestors.
While these last few months will undoubtedly remain in our collective history as those of the global liberation of women's voices in the world of cinema, in politics, the non-for profit sector and even business, there is a sector where women's voices have remained astonishingly silent: science. This is the case despite the fact that science faces the kind of disparity about which we should all, as a society, be concerned.
China is featured as guest of honor of the 2018 Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy from March 26 to 29.
The three consecutive emperors of Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi, his son Yongzheng and grandson Qianlong, were known as keen art patrons and connoisseurs who through decades built an imperial assemblage of immensity in categories and sophistication in quality. Objects that they once personally appreciated often trigger bidding races when they appear at auctions now.
Chinese Mongolian musicians clad in long colorful robes and leather boots performed at the Basilica of Notre-Dame du Port in Nice, France, on March 11, producing sounds which are alien to the Romanesque basilica - a UNESCO World Heritage site dating to the 6th century.
When American investor and hedge fund manager Ray Dalio first visited China in 1984, the nation was in the early stages of the reform and opening-up process which set in motion a period of high economic growth - and a very different proposition to the country he finds today.
The changes in the ongoing second edition of Gallery Weekend Beijing reflect its organizers' support of the capital's home-grown galleries and a strong desire to engage with the ordinary audience among whom they are seeking the country's next-generation collectors and patrons of contemporary art.
Pristine environments, simple living and distinctive folk customs are drawing an increasing number of travelers to rural areas across the country.
The forthcoming first direct flight connecting the Chinese mainland and Ireland is expected to boost bilateral tourism.
The Beijing branch of a Sino-Dutch architecture firm, Next Architects, was in the news recently when its office in a former state printing plant was visited by Queen Maxima (Zorreguieta Cerruti) of the Netherlands.
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