China / Life

Draw of the south

[2017-06-05 07:50]

Cong Zhaohuan sits in a spacious courtyard surrounded by brick walls that are being torn down. A six-story building, which is being emptied, is nearby.

Opera revives story of young female soldiers

[2017-06-05 07:50]

The Red Detachment of Women caused a sensation in the country when it was screened in 1961.

Live broadcasts of theater plays gaining popularity

[2017-06-05 07:50]

A new form of theater, which can be watched on the big screen, is gaining favor among young Chinese audiences. It was announced on Wednesday in Beijing that a new season starting from July will include 23 new titles from various live-theater broadcasting projects from London, Moscow and Broadway.

Beat the heat

[2017-06-05 07:50]

Primitive forests fleece the Hinggan Mountains. Waterfowl wander Wudalianchi's reed marshes and mineral springs. Paddies plate the fertile farmlands of Beidahuang.

Making tracks to visit Huilin

[2017-06-05 07:50]

A tourism train connecting Beijing and Hulin in northeastern Heilongjiang province will start operations in July.

Route 66, America's 'Mother Road', revs back to life

[2017-06-05 07:50]

LOS ANGELES - For decades, Route 66 captured the imagination of travelers the world over, offering a glimpse of a bygone era of US history, when people hit the road in search of adventure and a better life.

Nigerian student masters Mandarin

[2017-06-04 14:19]

Even though he studied Mandarin at a Chinese university for only eight months, Ukasha Zololo has been able to talk with Chinese people fluently and make himself fully understood.

Chinese doctor brings big dose of humanity

[2017-06-04 14:19]

Doctor Zhong Risheng was determined to go to Africa regardless of his family's protests. The continent's pull was hard to ignore, as was his passion to help people.

Nonstop love

[2017-06-04 14:19]

The 17th-century English poet George Herbert once said: "One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters."

Wild weeds tamed for the table

[2017-06-04 14:19]

We were hunters and foragers long before we became farmers, and foraging for food from nature is still very much a habit among the older Chinese population, in both city and country.

The price of knowledge

[2017-06-04 14:19]

When the pioneering US file-sharing software Napster was forced off the internet 16 years ago amid allegations that its users were essentially stealing music, the internet in China was just getting into full swing.

Direct from the horse's mouth

[2017-06-04 14:19]

This is the age not only of the internet but also of video, when it seems that many of those who produce online content feel their messages have little chance of being clicked on, and thus seen and heard, unless they are delivered as moving pictures.

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