All in all 2016 has been a great year for us. I am always grateful that we are a cross-cultural family, living with people from all kinds of backgrounds. I hope I never stop learning from others.
A Frenchman, whose Chinese name is Ding Yimu, has worked as an assistant to the head of Hehong village in Ninghai county of Ningbo, Zhejiang province, for one year, and his main job is to promote tourism.
Since it provides myriad possibilities and opportunities, it is little wonder that in the 21st century it is the China Dream that everyone is talking about.
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Vendors at the Mutianyu portion of the Great Wall are fearful of a tourist company's plan to remove them, ending a way of life that has endured for years. They may soon see their livelihood under threat.
A 28-year-old Beijing girl injects her own coming-of-age stories into the adventures of her cartoon character Ghost, cute, nightcap-sporting elf who is generating love and positive energy on the Chinese Internet.
Gary Lee and Sandra Hill are also presenting their art works in the exhibition YibanYiban, alongside Jason Wing, at Guangzhou's Redtory Art & Design Factory.
Kenneth E. Behring was wealthy and successful in America, but it was in China that he found the true meaning of life. His work in China has ranged from donating wheelchairs to supporting many museums.
A German winemaker is following in his grandfather's footsteps, having inherited the mission of helping local farmers in Shandong province grow grapes and make world-class wines.
One year after one of his photographs of rice terraces in Yuanyang, Yunnan province, was featured in National Geographic, Thierry Bornier is still seeking out beautiful landscapes in China.
An Illinois-born businessman launched his China History Podcast program to 'explain China to the Americans and spread goodwill between the two peoples'.
The international flavor of China's capital was a perfect fit for a Russian conductor eager to bring people together through music。
Visitors to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford can now admire what is hailed as the biggest private collection of modern Chinese art in the West.
The first thing one notices on entering the Beijing apartment of artist Niamh Cunningham is the number of canvases covering almost every inch of wall space.
When Victoria Zanello, 23, was on stage taking part in a Chinese proficiency competition in Montpellier, southern France, her confidence with the language and deep affection for Chinese literature was there for all to see.
The now-elderly descendants of 15 boys sent by the imperial Qing Dynasty court to study in the United States some 140 years ago reminisce about what it meant.
China's alcohol culture was the first thing Warren Peltier came into contact with when he arrived in the country in 2006.
The week after Merita Cuadari married young diplomat Kujtim Xhani in 1983, she left her home country Albania for the first time.
Bright-eyed and bushy-bearded, Mark Levine attracts some attention on the street as he travels around China.
After receiving admission letters from several graduate schools in Europe, Theo Aperkor, a young man from Ghana, thought carefully before deciding to accept a scholarship in China.
Angelina Dodissea Alberto Gomes, an Angolan, says in Chinese, "You're going to study in China and get a better job back home after you graduate."
The US consul general in Sichuan province is deeply in love with Chinese culture, and wants to encourage more Americans to study in the west of China. Huang Zhiling reports in Chengdu.
The daughter of Canadian missionaries has become a veteran 'foreign expert' in China-an author with a respectful and respected view of the country's socialist evolution.
An Israeli surgeon's dexterity treating the largest and most serious wounds has brought him to Sichuan province again and again.