Gold or glory

For the past 10 years, the International Festival of Extreme Sports (FISE), created by the Hurricane Group, gathers some 550,000 spectators across five days in Montpellier, France.

Good sport

Galloping across the grassland

Northern Inner Mongolia autonomous region has launched 10 winter routes in a bid to satisfy the nation's growing appetite for fun in the snow and ice.

Airbnb hosts intangible culture shows

Peng Tian is busy explaining how she made the dough models on display to an audience at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing in mid-October.

Guangxi farmers go nuts for new cash crop

The green macadamia trees perching on the mountainous slopes surrounding Liufeng village in southern Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region are helping the locals to boost their income.

The power of balance

Depending on the artist, "crossover" is a term that can have many different meanings. And if that artist happens to be Lin Chaoyang, it means that he wears many hats: photographer, painter, violinist, composer and teacher.

Art exhibits show a sense of sensibility

Simon Lee, founder and director of the London-based Simon Lee Gallery, said that he has the Chinese luck numbers in mind when he selected works to take to the Art021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, held between Nov 7 and 10 at the Shanghai Exhibition Center.

Expect the unexpected

In 2010, a trio of Beijing-based indie-folk singer-songwriters formed the Mayouyeah label.

Queens of the catwalk

As the generation of the first baby boom shortly after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, a growing number of retirees aged around 60 are enjoying their post-retirement life in pursuit of model dreams that were hardly achieved when they were young.

Economy continues to stay on sound footing in October

China's economic growth remained "largely stable" in October, although downside pressure has continued to grow, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.

Microsoft unveils its dual-screen devices

Microsoft Corp unveiled its dual-screen devices in China on Thursday, as its Surface series of products posted "strong" double-digit growth in the nation's commercial PC market.

Amazon hopes for bright spot on Black Friday

Tech behemoth Amazon.com Inc is banking on Black Friday, which falls on Nov 29 this year, the beginning of the Christmas shopping season in the United States, to boost cross-border online purchases, as Chinese consumers, especially those living in the third-and fourth-tier cities, display a fast-growing purchasing power for high-quality goods from overseas.