Cecil Rhodes created the Rhodes Scholarship in 1903, with a view to seeing his scholars "esteem the performance of public duties as their highest aim".
Clad in an orange T-shirt bearing the words "master chemist" on the chest and sleeves, actor Zhang Yishan appears energetically dressed in the clothes of the fashion label he launched at the end of last year.
What do you do with an orchid after the petals have fallen off? Unless you're an expert on growing these exotic plants, you may have found that they never bloom for you again.
In 744 AD, Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), climbed the Wangwu Mountain in today's Henan province. He wanted to meet one of his old friends, who lived in Yangtai Palace, a Taoist temple on that mountain.
Chinese artist Chen Chunmu uses various media to express thoughts and reflections on such social issues as environmental protection, urbanization and social development - and he wants viewers to look beyond the beauty of his works.
Two giant stages stand in the center of a 6,670-hectare orchard of blooming pear trees. Performers clad in ethnic attire sing and dance under colorful lights.
The capital's largest annual celebration of dance, music, drama and art, the Meet in Beijing Arts Festival, will bring nearly 800 artists from 44 performing arts groups from 19 countries and regions to Beijing.
Richard Wagner's only comic opera, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - a coproduction of China's National Center for the Performing Arts, the Royal Opera House and Convent Garden from London and Opera Australia - will headline the NCPA Opera Festival.
The Shanghai History Museum's (Shanghai Revolution Museum's) most important exhibits are the buildings that house it, director Hu Jiang says.
"Keep your back straight and clench your buttocks," says Tintin, my Filipino horse guide whom I was allotted just 30 seconds earlier.
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