In 2003, Chinese composer Chen Qigang wrote an orchestral piece based on a folk tune popular in northern China.
They are often depicted drifting through the air, descending from the heavens among wisps of clouds and wearing silken robes that convey the lightness of their flight.
E-books, e-book readers and e-commerce may be transforming the publishing industry as well as people's reading habits globally, but the brick-and-mortar bookstores aren't in the mood to throw in the towel just yet.
Based on the 52nd floor of Shanghai Tower, the new flagship store of Duoyun Books appears to be at home among the metro's towering heights, as if to indicate the kind of heights of success it would like to scale.
Off the top of her head, Lu Changqin is able to say with confidence that bathrooms in W Hotels are stocked with lemon and sage body products from upmarket skincare brand Bliss, while Westin is better known for its refreshing white tea scented products such as soap bars, shampoos and conditioner.
An environmental scientist and development economist who graduated from the University of Oxford, Janice Lao is the director of group corporate responsibility and sustainability of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels (HSH), the parent company of the Peninsula luxury hotel.
In the early spring of 1949, Northeast Film Studio - the first movie production company established by the Communist Party of China - wrapped up the shooting of Bridge in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province.
The wildfires that are burning the Amazon rainforest in South America for weeks now have alarmed people in different parts of the world.
A luminary of modern Chinese art, the late painter, calligrapher and seal sculptor, Qi Baishi (1864-1957) is best known for his flower-and-bird paintings and landscapes.
The Suzhou Culture and Tourism Festival, which started on Aug 24, is showcasing 22 performances of 18 theater productions, arts-and-crafts exhibitions that reflect the cultural characteristics of the city, and public and educational events through September.
Artisans in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, have enjoyed fame in China for thousands of years, and today a new generation is keeping the tradition alive, creating new works for modern times.
Board games seem a throwback to a different era. A pre-mobile phone era. An era of dice and not a computer mouse. An era not of virtual reality but of imagination when you could be either a rich merchant, an awe-inspiring general, or a successful politician.
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