"Part curiosity, part domestic media star, Rowswell is China's most famous foreigner, enjoying a near-constant presence on Chinese television. He appears regularly on nationally broadcast variety shows and is the host ... Read More

"China Saturday launched a project to reprint a 270-year-old, gigantic edition of the Buddhist Canon,or Dazangjing in Chinese, which means the corpora of Buddhist scriptures. The Qianlong edition of the ... Read More

"In the U.S. we're individualists. We were founded on the rights and freedoms of the individual. In China the focus is on the group. The success of the group is ... Read More

"Gourds as common cultural ground? It turns out that artists in the People's Republic have gone nuts for the ornamental, inedible fruit as have thousands of Americans." Read the story.

"A photographic record of two of the most dynamic eras in recent Chinese history. Taken together, this double exhibition and related programs dramatically demonstrate both the enormous changes and the ... Read More

"Doing business in China is easier than in France or Italy -- for companies that can overcome the huge cultural challenges, a business conference was told yesterday." Read the story.

"As Taoist classics of the renowned ancient Chinese philosophers Laozi and Zhuangzi have found more and more earnest readers and followers in both the eastern and western world, Mount Qingcheng ... Read More

"Forty-four kilometers northwest of Beijing proper lies the Ming Tombs, the general name given to the mausoleums of 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The mausoleums have been perfectly ... Read More

"A recent study revealed prototypes of class and rituals already existed in north China in the Neolithic age, at least 5,500 years ago. Experts say these prototypes may have helped ... Read More

"As the traditional Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is to fall on Tuesday, housewives are wrapping up glutinous rice with bamboo or reed leaves, which are, according tohistorical tradition, thrown into ... Read More

The sound of beating drums and crashing oars will reverberate around Dachia Riverside Park tomorrow, when nearly 100 teams take to the Keelung River for the Taipei City Government Dragon ... Read More

"As China rapidly gains a greater share of the world's attention and wealth, its leaders have begun a quiet campaign that blends traditional Chinese and patriotic communist messages to ensure ... Read More

"Manchu culture is the center piece of the Imperial Palace in Shenyang, capital of northeastern China's Liaoning Province. The royal complex, though has the same name in Chinese as the ... Read More

"Organizers of the auto show, officially known as Auto China 2004, had to cut off ticket sales, yet even so, Beijing's International Exhibition Center was wall-to-wall with potential buyers ... Read More

"'Maosan Gousi' is a cartoon strip featuring a loveable dog and cat. The title means 'Common People' in North-East Chinese dialect and its light-hearted look of the lives of ordinary ... Read More

'The most popular love story in China, the "Butterfly Lovers" tells the legend of two 4th century Chinese lovers who could not get married in their lifetime due to different ... Read More

"What the editorial left out was that during Reagan's tenure China and the United States worked together closely to deter Soviet aggression in Afghanistan, sharing intelligence and sending arms to ... Read More

"At Yungang Grottoes, modern Chinese still have a chance to worship emperors from 1,500 years ago as many Buddha statues had been made with them as a prototype." Read the ... Read More

"Martial arts are only part of Shaolin Kongfu's abundant cultural heritage accumulated over 1,500 years, said Shi Yongxin, master of the Shaolin Temple, widely regarded as the cradle of Shaolin ... Read More

"The 12 Girls Band has become the hottest musical offering to come out of China since pop queen Faye Wong, mesmerising fans with their sexy blend of Chinese classics and ... Read More

"Starting with a shopping mall and a membership store in Shenzhen, the giant retailer has extended its business into 18 cities in China with 39 stores employing more than 20, ... Read More

It is nothing new that Chinese favor double eyelids. But now "creased eyelids will improve her chances of securing a good job and a suitable husband after graduation" as believed ... Read More

Students of the Experimental Primary School of Qufu city, east China's Shandong Province, do one thing together every day before morning classes -- they read in chorus the Analects of ... Read More

"In the run-up to the 2008 Olympics, Beijing is changing its public face, with the world's most expensive and innovative architects designing a new crop of projects which are sweeping ... Read More

"The Xun is an Ancient Chinese wind instrument with a history of more than 7,000 years. The Xun is mostly made from clay, but there are also instruments made from ... Read More

"Roaring bulldozers, busy cranes, ubiquitous scaffolds, and tall buildings are everywhere: Such is Beijing. For years this city has been a big construction site. So who is the winner? The ... Read More

"At present, there are more than 1,000 KFC restaurants in China, and they are increasing at annual rate of 200. A new KFC restaurant opens every other day. Western counterpart ... Read More

"The Legend of Nezha, a very popular cartoon book based on an ancient Chinese folktale, has replaced Harry Potter and became the best-selling children's reader in the Beijing Bookstore Building, ... Read More

"Lying on a bed at Shanghai Xiangshan hospital, Wang Jie's thick arms and rotund belly are ominously covered with tens of acupuncture needles, a traditional Chinese treatment that has helped ... Read More