One of the best known methods of Chinese cooking is to slowly simmer poultry and meats in a saucy, spiced brew.
Here's a sentence that might come as a surprise: Cabbage is cool.
Above the ground covered with small white stones are several tile-eaves, as if the actual houses are buried inside the whiteness.
SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan - "I've been playing ping-pong (table tennis) since I was 9 years old, and I play every day as it's a popular sport among girls here in Jawzjan," said 17-year-old Afghan teenage girl Nargis Faiz.
In the past three years, Qinghai province has spared no effort to improve its ecology. Its grassland coverage increased by 26 percent over the previous year, and its record on saving endangered animals is also getting better.
Shanghai Television is airing Grand Shanghai, an eight-episode documentary series presenting the 176-year history of the municipality.
An exhibition about the development of Chinese printing opened in Beijing to celebrate New China's 70th anniversary on Sept 23 and will run for three months.
In August, Mixun Teahouse from Chengdu made a pop-up appearance at a Los Angeles eatery to serve up an imaginative selection of vegetarian Sichuan dishes - from spicy noodles to special teacakes - at a popular Venice Beach restaurant called Plant Food + Wine.
Spicy hotpot's broth is usually only for boiling ingredients, but at Ao Ba Nian Hotpot restaurant, the soup is also for sipping - and it's quite tasty.
Looking after the elderly at a nursing home used to be a painful task for Zhu Fenhua. Although she had learned basic nursing skills before, she was never taught how to manage emotional breakdowns and erratic behavior.
To Huang Qin, a caregiver for the elderly in Shanghai, having a mastery of skills is not enough to become a good caregiver - one also needs to have a passion for the job and the ability to innovate.
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