Beijing's Forbidden City, which is the former imperial palace of China and is now officially known as the Palace Museum, will soon welcome the Year of the Pig following the Chinese zodiac.
The unprecedented exhibition on Chinese emperor Qianlong (1711-99), currently running at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, has attracted over 50,000 visitors, offering a memorable experience of the culture and history of China, says Dimitrios Pandermalis, president of the museum.
A group of scholars recently discussed the cultural exchanges that have taken place in Beijing over the past 40 years' reform and opening-up.
When Zong Xiaojun went to the United States to study as one of the first Chinese students in Miami University with a major in music business and entertainment industries in 1995, he met his professor, Maurice Oberstein, who was also a record company executive then.
In a 21st-century age where immortality has now become the mantra of every Silicon Valley tech zillionaire as they seek to "cure" death - Google founder Bill Maris said he wants "to live long enough not to die" and famed angel investor Peter Thiel has promoted the notion of transhumanism - the ability to evolve beyond the body's limitations, aided and abetted by technological additions, is the gain line for Gen-Z humanity and beyond.
When thinking about traditional Asian dress, what's the first item that comes to mind? Is it the Japanese kimono, the Korean hanbok or the Chinese cheongsam?
I encountered - and then joined - an army of life-size, saxophone-playing, dancing, robotic Santas in Yiwu. I happened across these automated, musical Kris Kringles in the planet's biggest mall in Zhejiang province's Yiwu, a city known as the "supermarket of the world".
Evonik Industries, the world's leading specialty chemicals company, has pledged its long-term commitment to China as the country further pushes its reform and opening-up.
In the cold of winter, a pot of stewed food is a family favorite in northern China, as it's warm and flavorful with multiple ingredients and a thick, hearty soup.
An ounce of tequila, a dash of triple sec and the juice of half a lime or lemon - that is the first known margarita recipe, which was published in the December 1953 issue of Esquire.
When talking about China's architectural heritage, people usually immediately think of ancient constructions, such as the Forbidden City, the former imperial palace.
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