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Seaside star

[2017-05-06 07:16]

Sansha, Hainan province is the southernmost city in China.

How do you describe a long, long suit?

[2017-04-22 07:11]

Jon Bon Jovi reputedly said, "Success is falling nine times and getting up 10." Today's deal features something very rare: a nine-card suit. It was played six times in a duplicate in Florida. With East-West vulnerable, South opens one heart, and West passes. What should North do?

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[2017-04-22 07:11]

Broadway Musicals Wicked in Shanghai

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[2017-04-22 07:11]

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Guilin's art river: charting the source of China's masterpiece

[2017-04-15 07:40]

From a source high in the Mao'er Mountain the Lijiang River sweeps south toward Guilin and into the world's imagination.

Macao holds tourism work meeting to discuss regional cooperation

[2017-04-15 07:40]

Macao can have a big share of the Chinese mainland tourism market and promote its development into world tourism and leisure center, China's tourism administration vice chief said in a work meeting held here on Thursday. Representatives from Macao Social Affairs and Culture authorities, China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) and other related departments from the Chinese mainland and Macao attended the 2017 annual work meeting of the Joint Working Committee on Tourism to Support Macao's Aspirations to Build a World Tourism and Leisure Center. In the meeting, CNTA Vice-Chairman Li Shihong said the tourism industry has become one of the backbone industries in China's economy. Macao should grasp the opportunity with the Chinese mainland and deepen the tourism cooperation to explore the global market.

More than just a school

[2017-04-08 10:21]

Universities and colleges in Shanghai are not merely centers of academia and research but also repositories for large volumes of cultural relics and national treasures, with 13 university museums in the city accounting for about one-tenth of the nation's total.

Carrying forward a legacy of creating art on metal

[2017-04-08 10:21]

When Gu Qin was a schoolboy, he used to help with his father's metal carving work in order to earn pocket money.

China's enduring symbol of haute couture

[2017-04-01 07:46]

This time of the year is usually the slowest for Shanghai's fashion industry.

Shanghai's 'last qipao tailor'

[2017-04-01 07:46]

Chu Hongsheng first started crafting qipao, the body-hugging Chinese dress, in the 1930s, an era where it enjoyed immense popularity and was seen as a symbol of sophistication and style.

Heads you win, tails they lose

[2017-03-25 07:27]

Sondra Radvanovsky, an American-Canadian soprano who specializes in 19th-century Italian opera, said, "When I was signing up for the University of Southern California's music program, I flipped a coin to decide my major. If it came up heads, it would be flute - tails would be voice."

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[2017-03-25 07:27]

Lang Lang Piano Recital

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