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The 12th China International Ceramics Exposition will open on Sept 6 in Zibo, a city in Shandong province long renowned as the "capital of ceramics".
Currently exhibiting at London's iconic Charing Cross Library is a collection of about 50 photographs on the Great Wall of China and Britain's Hadrian's Wall.
Qixi Festival, China's traditional Valentine's Day, falls on Thursday this year according to the lunar calendar. Here are some moments of love captured years ago and in modern times. No matter what it looks like, love never changes.
Lu Caiyan, 57, lives in the village of Zhouwo, Wuqiang county, Hebei province, a four-hour drive from downtown Beijing.
In the country that invented paper, there are about 50 million old books waiting to be restored.
Originating in North China in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and often spoken in Mandarin, cross talk was brought to Guangdong province in 1958 and popularized through being spoken in Cantonese.
Chinese Valentine's Day falls on Aug 23 and one way of spending it is to watch the touching folk legend Marriage of the Fairy Princess.
Clothing reflects a country's politics, economy and culture. The traditional Chinese costume is the presentation of Confucian etiquette.
Impression Wulong, in Chongqing, celebrates the boat trackers who have traditionally hauled craft up the province's rivers.
Folk artist paints with straw in north China's Shanxi province.
Yongjia Kunqu Opera ecstasies locals and visitors.