Nothing declares spring is here louder than the pendulous blooms of the black locust tree, yanghuai. It announces the season by bursting into huge clusters of ivory-colored flowers.
NEW YORK - Eighty-nine-year-old Betty Grebenschikoff was born in Germany and spent most of her life in the United States, but she always tells people: "I grew up in Shanghai."
Stepping behind a screen bearing an image of the studio door inscribed with the symbolic words "Mademoiselle Prive", visitors enter the world of the French fashion house Chanel, where the past, present and future of this luxury brand unfold on a vast scale at a venue set against the backdrop of Shanghai's Huangpu River.
Milanese jewelry brand Pomellato invited inspiring guests of various ages and backgrounds to convey a message of inclusiveness and sisterhood as part of the new "Pomellato Sisterhood Initiative" video and digital campaign.
One day last summer, Chinese actor-turned-director Lin Xiyue dined with his father Lin Zhaohua, a veteran theater director, at his father's home in Beijing.
The Czech Philharmonic is launching a tour of China until May 23, visiting Chinese cities, including Nanjing, Jiangsu province; Wuhan, Hubei province; Fuzhou, Fujian province and Beijing.
Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder, one of the best Beethoven interpreters of all time, will perform all five Ludwig van Beethoven's piano concertos during his upcoming China tour with the German orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, which kicks off on May 15 at the Guangzhou Xinghai Concert Hall.
Joining a short-term research program in China has not only allowed Pakistani agricultural scientist Sayyar Khan to push forward with his academic studies, but also given him a chance to see a country he had heard so much about.
Hu Biliang, executive director of the Belt and Road School at Beijing Normal University has spent nearly 10 years gathering some of the world's most brilliant minds together to cultivate future leaders and entrepreneurs, as well as run think tanks to research the political and economic issues related to the Belt and Road Initiative.
The aborigines in Mato Grosso, Brazil are the Bororo people and they are a matriarchal society. The Bororo people have been hunting for a living since ancient times, but changes in the external environment have made this difficult.
Editor's Note: The Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was held in Beijing from April 25 to 27. China Daily interviewed top business executives from well-known multinational companies for their views and suggestions on the initiative.