China / Life

Into The Future

[2017-06-30 10:20]

US energy expert John Lemmon says joining a Chinese research institute was the result of a "prefect match of timing and expertise".

Computer programming catching on in Chinese schools

[2017-06-30 10:20]

"We are designing an anti-drunken driving car system, with a master switch and an alcohol sensor," said Li Jialin, an 11-year-old from Beijing Caoqiao Primary School.

Emerging talent

[2017-06-29 07:48]

Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, widely known as a paradise for pandas and foodies, is now a city for cinema lovers after staging the 2nd BRICS Film Festival.

Documentary shines spotlight on Olympic 'footprints' artist

[2017-06-29 07:48]

Cai Guo-qiang is probably best known for designing the 2008 Olympic Games "giant footprints", 29 such-shaped fireworks lighting up the Beijing sky to celebrate the opening ceremony. The spectacle was watched by 2 billion people across the world. But this is not his only claim to fame.

New horizon

[2017-06-29 07:48]

The houses have been renovated and the rooms cleaned. The plates are heaped with roasted meat and the cups are filled with liquor made from highland barley.

Man leads by example to protect Gansu's pastures

[2017-06-29 07:48]

Drolma Gyalpo has spent most of his life protecting the environment of the grassland where he lives.

Dutch icons a tourists' must-see

[2017-06-29 07:48]

KINDERDIJK, Netherlands - The windmills at Kinderdijk were built in the mid-1700s as a way to clear water from the low-lying landscape of the western Netherlands.

Mainland magic

[2017-06-28 07:57]

Cheung Kang-biu left a stable job at an international investment bank in Hong Kong three years ago to migrate to Beijing.

Perfect harmony

[2017-06-28 07:57]

A year before he steps down as the president of the Juilliard School, the New York-based performing arts conservatory, Joseph Polisi, the school's sixth and longest-serving president, has fulfilled his vision of global expansion.

Farmers to preserve intangible cultural heritage

[2017-06-28 07:57]

Feng Wanming could not have imagined that he would one day be talking to college students about intangible cultural heritage.

School offers cybersecurity graduate program

[2017-06-28 07:57]

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies will start recruiting students for its four-year cybersecurity graduate program in September.

Chinese universities in Times' rankings

[2017-06-28 07:57]

LONDON - The Times Higher Education in June published its World Reputation Rankings, the list of the world's most prestigious universities compiled from research insight from leading global academics.

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