For Wang Jin and Qi Haonan, two restorers of antique timepieces at the Palace Museum in Beijing, their months spent in quasi-seclusion in 2017 at a watchmaking studio in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, was a crucial period of exploration.
In 1972, David Bowie gave birth to arguably his most famous alter-ego, Ziggy Stardust - an androgynous alien with spiky tangerine hair, theatrical makeup and brightly-colored glam rock attire. An eponymous ode to the character appears on Bowie's album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, which was released that year.
Gu Zhenhong moved gracefully to the soothing traditional Chinese music onstage at a hotel in Jiangsu province's Suzhou in late May.
Visitors were fixated as Yeh Kuoyi swiftly twisted puzzle-like plastic pieces into different shapes at the Taiwan pavilion, during the 14th China Beijing International Cultural and Creative Industry Expo in late May.
In Paris, the Louvre Museum closed for a day last week because workers said the crowds were too big to handle. In the Himalayas, climbers at Mount Qomolangma are concerned that the peak has gotten too crowded, contributing to the highest death toll in years.
Silver was used as money in China for centuries during imperial times. An ongoing exhibition at Shanghai Museum, titled Silver in the History of Chinese Currency, which runs through July 28, tells the story of China's association with the metal.
FLORENCE - Italy's Uffizi gallery is opening new rooms dedicated to 16th-and 17th-century painters, following nearly a year of renovation carried out with the help of private donors.
Jiajiazhuang village in Fenyang, Shanxi province, sits around 600 kilometers southwest of Beijing.
MUMBAI - Indian film actor Ayushmann Khurana said Chinese movies would also do well in his country, while more and more Indian movies are tasting success in China.
Chinese people traditionally throw a 100th day celebration for newborn babies to wish for them a life of 100 years.
Founded in 2005 in Taiwan, Japanese barbecue restaurant chain, Kanpai Classic, has finally landed in Beijing, officially opening on April 24.
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