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TV story of country's reform airs worldwide

[2018-12-18 08:14]

As the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up policy approaches, many foreigners may still wonder how this tremendous change happened in the country. A cross-border TV coproduction presented in English that debuted on Saturday sets out to answer that question.

'Taihu's pearl' shines anew

[2018-12-18 07:41]

I recently joined a fishing crew from Jiangsu province's Wuxi to haul up nets on Taihu Lake.

A place sculpted by porcelain culture

[2018-12-18 07:41]

Zhang Nanzhang routinely films short videos of porcelain statues when he visits ceramics studios in Dehua county in Fujian province's Quanzhou city.

Imperial splash

[2018-12-18 07:41]

One of the most important figures in Chinese art history, Dong Qichang (1555-1636), is being presented in a large-scale exhibition at Shanghai Museum.

Dusting off a classic

[2018-12-17 08:33]

Recently, Tibetan ethnic writer, A Lai, came to Beijing from Sichuan province to see a new adaptation of his award-winning novel, Settling Dust (also known as Red Poppies), which he first published in 1998 and for which he won the fifth Mao Dun Literary Prize in 2000, the top literary award in China.

Unique project lets foreign experts write about experiences in China

[2018-12-17 08:33]

American writer Laurence Brahm believes fate brought him to China.

Ginkgo paradise

[2018-12-15 07:17]

The Jiangdong village, surrounded by more than 30,000 ginkgo trees, including several dozen older than 500 years, turns golden-toned toward the end of each year.

No better way to keep warm

[2018-12-15 07:17]

As the days gets colder, almost nothing can beat a bowl of steaming mutton soup if you want to keep warm. As it happens every winter, mutton shops mushroom on almost every street corner in Suzhou, in Jiangsu province.

Building an engine of growth

[2018-12-14 08:07]

I was almost run over by a robot in a car factory in Shanghai. Indeed, I suddenly found myself in the path of an automated machine that whizzes along a track on a Volkswagen plant's floor to move auto parts from one place to another.

Exhibition provides thought-provoking look at originality

[2018-12-14 08:07]

Italian artist and curator Maurizio Cattelan is known for his approach of using elements borrowed from elsewhere in his own creation to discuss the relationship between originality and copying. His works are often collages of elements from historic events, cultural phenomena and social news. He challenges people's existing opinions and provides a novel perspective on what's happening in the world.

Shaobing warrior

[2018-12-14 08:07]

For over five decades, 62-year-old Feng Huaishen has been playing with flour. By the end of the 1970s, he was making around 3,000 shaobing (sesame-seed cakes) each day.

Yak as a snack - a new kind of noodle-and-meat treat

[2018-12-14 08:07]

The Chinese character bu consists of two parts - gong on top of fu, which also means kung fu.

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