The nomadic life, among human society's oldest ways of subsistence, is increasingly rare in modern times. People travel wider and more frequently in the globalized era, and technology has enabled people to get information about what's happening far away even without having to leave home.
Taiwan dancer-choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung can still recall the story his mother told him about the legendary street artist known as 13 Tongues.
From June to September 2016, Stomp, a well-known percussion performance stage show, was shown in Beijing some 70 times, which attracted about 50,000 people. This year, it will return to the city from Sept 26 to Oct 6, and will be staged at the Poly Theater.
On the southern outskirts of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, the Oriental Industrial Park covers an area of 5 square kilometers.
About three years ago, after the CEO of Xiron Books, Shen Haobo, and his team had published many works by Wang Meng about ancient Chinese philosophy from Confucius and Mencius to Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu - they decided to publish a series of books on ancient Chinese thinkers targeted at young people, not just in China but around the world.
Best-selling British author Rachel Joyce seems shy when she talks at the China International Exhibition Center during the Beijing International Book Fair. When answering questions, she speaks in a low voice directly to the interpreter.
VICTORIA - Sun Zhanguo, a radiology expert from China, never thought that one day he would write a medical book that would prove to be quite a meaningful gift for the East African nation of the Seychelles.
As dirty bread and dirty tea have become a recent new trend among Beijing's young people, a new chicken dish has recently joined the "dirty" team.
On Aug 25, Zhao Yuzhong and his staff picked the first crop of this year's bumper harvest of pomegranates. The second and third batches will be collected this month and in October. Then, after that, it will be another year before people get to enjoy the taste of the pomegranates from Zhao's plantation in Huili county, Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, Sichuan province.
Some might speculate that being the grandson of a famous American photographer is Kim Weston's claim to fame. However, the lensman who has specialized in nude photography for four decades, has made his own name in the industry.
Unlike his peers, Yuan Yunfu (1933-2017) is not a household name in China. However, his artist friends Wu Guanzhong and Huang Yongyu, whose paintings have been exhibited widely both at home and abroad, have achieved commercial success.
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