Wang Liping talks as if it had just happened yesterday.
WeChat and Alipay, two major online payment platforms in China, call for consumers to go cashless and cardless in their daily life through promotions in August.
One of the most common dilemmas soon-to-be married couples in China face these days is whether to hold a Western or Chinese wedding ceremony.
When Wang Fulin visited London it was not Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, black taxis or red doubledecker buses that left the deepest impression on him.
Experts say cultural factors play key role in growing popularity of entertainment programs.
For several decades people who live along the Hexi Corridor in northern China have fought to halt the desert as it spreads, and they have notched up significant victories.
It was the longest day of the year, and the sun would finally disappear below the horizon only after 9.30 pm.
As dusk falls on Bishan village in Anhui province a bar is crammed with villagers downing bloody marys and margaritas after a hard day's toil on the farm.
They fled to the cities looking for opportunities, but now they have returned to their country roots, conquered by the power of art and culture
It sometimes takes a fresh set of eyes to spot the obvious, when those who are overly familiar with a place cannot see the wood for the trees.
Like migratory birds whose return heralds an impending summer, jet aircraft descend on a remote city in Tibet, harbingers of prosperity whose fruits inhabitants are beginning to enjoy.