Having grown up in a remote village in Anhui province, where more than 70 percent of China's circus performers come from, Yao Dengbo learned how to be an acrobat when he was just 6 years old.
As the secretary-general of the Yongqiao Circus Association in Anhui province, Zhang Yongheng joked that he is constantly caught between the welfare of animals and human beings.
A couple of years ago, I was a long-term singleton.
If I have one enduring memory of the Prince of Wales during my 12-year tenure at Buckingham Palace, it's of the time he did a doubleact with Phil Collins. It was during a holiday camp in Caister, Norfolk, in aid of The Prince's Trust - an annual event that the Prince was always keen to attend - that he suddenly sat down at Collins' drum kit and began bashing away.
This summer's unusual rain pattern in Southwest China's Yunnan province has been bad news for mushroom gatherers.
What do you call someone who samples four major beef courses at one meal sitting? A gourmet or a glutton? I will happily go along with the former, having relished exactly that at the Waldorf Astoria Beijing recently.
An old construction barge planted with vegetables, apple trees and fragrant herbs is giving apartment-dwelling New Yorkers a chance to pick something and eat it.
The new tram tours cover Nanluoguxiang, Shichahai and historical and cultural sites
For music lovers in Beijing, it can seem like they are forever mourning the closure of another live venue, usually due to financial pressure.
With three studio albums to his name, singer-songwriter Li Ronghao is preparing for a new album and a nationwide tour this year. However, like many Chinese singer-songwriters, Li, who was born in Bengbu, East China's Anhui province, was struggling to have his music heard a few years ago.
When Song Yan was offered the opportunity to become the president of Beijing Fenglei Peking Opera Company in 2001, he was about to leave the company.
Almost every Chinese grows up knowing the story of a young boy named Zhang Ga, and his determination to become a soldier.
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