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Located in Roussillon, a Catalan region in southern France that borders Spain, the famous Domaine de Rombeau winery is surrounded by rolling mountains and the Mediterranean Sea.
Instead of the conventional platter of cold cuts, cheese and crackers, the patrons at Vinism, a cozy bar in a quiet residential neighborhood in Shanghai, passed around pickled ofals and Chinese dumplings while quaing their wines.
Though not a professional artist, Lin Dihuan is wildly popular as a painter, thanks to his works such as a series of ink-and-brush paintings dedicated to the Chinese 24 Solar Terms as well as two series of stage settings tailored-made for the phenomenal TV show Rendezvous With Chinese Poetry.
A retired soldier, a woman who has lost the use of a hand and an urban auto agent keen to experience rural life are all pursuing the same vocation - oil painting - in Shuangxi.
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.
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