Every January, thousands of voodoo worshippers joined by crowds of tourists and descendants of slaves trudge down the long sand track leading to the beach at Ouidah in Benin.
New born babies bring joy, of course, but also troubles with how to name them.
Places where events happen, and turning moments into memories. That is how the Fairmont's luxury five-star hotels were described by Jane Mackie, vice-president of Fairmont Brand.
Wang Zonghui never expected a skill she learned as a child would help her become an artist and create wealth in her isolated hometown. Wang, who lived in Sayingpan town in Yunnan province's Luquan Yi and Miao autonomous county, learned ethnic Yi embroidery as a girl.
Weekend warriors, take a victory lap. People who pack their workouts into one or two sessions a week lower their risk of dying over roughly the next decade nearly as much as people who exercise more often, new research suggests.
The recently concluded 30th Beijing Book Fair examined not only the recent past but also the near future.
Several titles released during the Beijing Book Fair from Jan 12-14 are expected to become super best-sellers in China this year.
The TV documentary Masters in the Forbidden City has made "craftsmen" a buzzword - and the new book Meet Craftsmen in Beijing is answering demand for more stories about folk artisans.
Like spicy food? New research suggests that besides giving a flash of heat to your favorite dishes, chili peppers could also help you live longer.
As wine drinkers around the world savor the latest vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau, one public face of the wine has much in common with the celebrated French red - youth - and one distinct dissimilarity: She's Chinese.
Moris Topaz sees medicine as a unique link between China and his home country, Israel.
When Tian Maoshun was released from prison in 2013, the first thing he did was to visit a local police station to find Yang Jiafa, the policeman who had arrested him.
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