China / Life

Streaming success

[2017-05-10 10:49]

'Do you want to marry a Chinese woman? Then, you have to be prepared," Thomas Derksen says, speaking a mix of fluent Mandarin and Shanghai dialect. The German wears wigs, applies makeup and plays the roles of his Shanghainese wife and in-laws in the three-minute video in which he humorously talks about his marriage and being a son-in-law to a Chinese family.

Should graduates launch startups?

[2017-05-10 10:49]

Summer is the season for entrepreneurship, as millions of recent graduates hit the job market.

Focus on innovation

[2017-05-10 10:49]

Shanghai-based Tongji University is seeking innovative ways to boost its offerings. The university's Party chief Yang Xianjin says that Tongji is also looking for ways to improve its talent cultivation and courses.

Music illuminates Silk Road charm

[2017-05-10 10:49]

The inaugural conference of the Music Education Alliance Across the Silk Road, initiated and organized by the Central Conservatory of Music, was held in Beijing over May 5-7.

Chic in the spring

[2017-05-10 10:49]

It might not quite be summer, but it's definitely feeling warmish outside. That's delightful at the weekend, but trickier the other five days of the week, should you have an office dress code to follow.

Larry Page's flying car will go on sale this year

[2017-05-10 10:49]

SAN JOSE, California - Get ready for the "it's a bird, it's a plane, no ... it's a flying car" memes.

Amazon offers glamcheck-and a spy's eye

[2017-05-10 10:49]

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - If Amazon's new Echo Look, a service that promises in-your-bedroom wardrobe analysis via an internet-connected camera, doesn't seem unsettling to you, a professor at the University of North Carolina may convince you otherwise.

Songs of the fields

[2017-05-08 07:57]

He sits alone on a bench in the sun, surrounded by people, most of whom are tourists.

Lithuanian theater to stage play on Gorky's book in China

[2017-05-08 07:57]

A two-act play from Lithuania, The Mother, adapted from Russian author Maxim Gorky's novel of the same title, will make its China debut at the ongoing Meet in Beijing Arts Festival.

Capital attraction

[2017-05-08 07:57]

Chen Sixiao loves the beautiful gardens, free museums and inspiring memorials at Washington DC's National Mall.

Dubai's tourism goes digital

[2017-05-08 07:57]

DUBAI - Dubai has increased its e-footprint in the tourism sector to pamper tech-savvy travelers, experts said at the recent Arabian Travel Market Fair in Dubai.

China and Bulgaria aspire to enhance tourism cooperation

[2017-05-08 07:57]

SOFIA - Chinese and Bulgarian officials in the Bulgarian capital on April 28 voiced hopes to boost tourism cooperation, promising to make full use of the countries' unique resources.

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