A glut of luxury hotels in China means that the holidays' best parties don't always sell out ahead of time. A few to consider:
The Founding Ceremony of China has been considered among the country's key historical artworks since it was painted by late artist Dong Xiwen in 1952.
You will soon be able to see parts of Cambodia's landmark Angkor Wat temple in Beijing.
The rehearsal starts with a few repeating notes from a keyboard, followed by the distinctive sounds of the pipa (a four-stringed Chinese instrument). Then come the guitar riffs and drum beats.
Rao Xiaozhi will never forget a news story he read online in 2010, about a bus driver in Italy transporting three patients to a psychiatric hospital. When the driver stopped to get some drinks, the patients escaped. Afraid that he would lose his job, the driver grabbed three people from the street and took them to the hospital.
In bed asleep, eating, in her underwear or even displaying her scars after weight-loss surgery, photographer Jen Davis has always been as comfortable in front of the camera as she is behind it.
Vancouver is consistently ranked as one of the world's most livable cities. The city offers diverse ethnic neighborhoods, old and new, and lots of options for shopping and dining. But many of the west coast Canadian port city's most beautiful attractions are free. Public art dots the urban landscape and there are miles of beaches and forested walks readily accessible by transit bus or train.
Fans of the popular British period drama Downton Abbey can visit a number of sites depicted in the TV series about life among the upper crust early last century.
At the end of 1991, 27-year-old Yu Long had just finished his studies at the Berlin Hochschule der Kunste and was appointed chief conductor of the China Central Opera House.
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