The Lady Book Saloon: a women's world

2011-05-30 13:52:32

An old adage says "a woman's work is never done." The phrase is just as true, if not more so, today as it was over 300 years ago when the phrase first came about. In addition to traditional roles as wives, mothers, and daughters, today's women are also under pressure to achieve professional success.

Tourism picking up pace in Japan after earthquake

2011-05-29 11:05:20

It has been two months since the devastating earthquake in Japan. The tourism industry was severely struck, but according to Miwako Sasaki, the General Manager of Sheraton Sapporo Hotel in Japan’s Hokkaido Prefecture, business is reviving. “Right after the earthquake, every hotel was affected. There were no customers at all.”

Starwood eyes lucrative Chinese tourism market

2011-05-27 12:54:20

Carol Chung, Starwood’s Regional Director for Greater China attended the Expos and sat for an exclusive interview with the China Daily website.

Austria dances with China – let's waltz

2011-05-26 18:36:41

Swissôtel Beijing Hong Kong Macau Center is sponsoring the 40th anniversary of the Diplomatic Relationship of Austria and China. Following the recent music program “Aodili – Sounds of Music; a musical journey from Mozart to Pop.”

Tibet's transformation seen through reporters' eyes

2011-05-24 17:35:47

To mark the 60th anniversary of the peaceful liberation of Tibet, CRI reporters have traveled far and wide across the plateau to record the transformations during the course of the region's development.

Flower power

2011-05-24 11:19:26

Blooms from the nation's floriculture hub in Yunnan seldom reach major consumption areas such as Western Europe or North America, and the main reason for this is logistics.

Amazing ancient town - Yaoli

2011-05-23 17:53:31

Beyond the Sacred

2011-05-23 15:51:34

Most people go to Siem Reap to experience Angkor Wat, but Rebecca Lo finds the sleepy town has evolved to become a place with a lot more to offer than just temple-hopping.

For a feel of rural life

2011-05-21 10:23:02

City-dwellers looking to escape the concrete jungle for a weekend of fun on the farm will do well to head to Shangzhuang township, in Beijing's northwest.

Clouds over Lushan Mountain

2011-05-20 18:01:02

The peaks of Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi province, one of the major mountain resorts in China, are immersed in a sea of clouds after spring rains.

Tourists travel to Tiantai Mountain, China's Zhejiang

2011-05-20 16:32:13

Photo taken on May 19, 2011, shows the Fangguang Temple on the Tiantai Mountain, where famed travel writer Xu Xiake of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) once traveled and recorded in his travel books, in Tiantai County, east China's Zhejiang Province.

Tibet through the Lenses--Pious Pilgrims

2011-05-20 16:26:28

An undated photo shows an elderly ethnic Tibetan woman walking with a prayer wheel in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.