"Chinese archaeologists said they have found the world earliest observatory, dated back to some 4,100 years ago, in north China's Shanxi Province. The ancient observatory in the Taosi relics site in ... Read More

"Li Bai (701-762), an elite ancient Chinese poet of the imperial Tang Dynasty (618-907) and his poetry are not only favored by Chinese people, but also by an increasing number ... Read More

"From Jakarta to Vancouver and on to New Delhi and Chicago, surging interest in studying the Chinese language is just one gauge of the greater magnetic pull that China exerts ... Read More

"We need to educate wealthy Chinese about the value of having a butler. It not only enhances their status, it means that they have someone to organise their lives in ... Read More

"China mobilized roadside sterilization stations and inspected markets in stepped-up measures to tackle bird flu after the third outbreak in a week." Read the news.

"I think China is very much misunderstood around the world," he says. "When you walk down the streets in China ... the people are happy, they thrive, they're going into ... Read More

"But really I think Xiamen is more akin to the south of France, perhaps, or somewhere else on the Mediterranean, given the European architecture scattered throughout the city, particularly the ... Read More

"Though more Chinese young couples are dressing up in western-styled garments and holding grand wedding ceremonies like foreigners, traditional wedding rites are gradually regaining popularity among ethnic minority people in ... Read More

The dragon boat festival, known as Duanwu Jie in Chinese, features dragon boat races in memory of an ancient poet. It falls on the fifth day of the fifth month ... Read More

"Kotlikoff and his two German co-authors find that a flood of Chinese savings over the next 40 years could turn the anticipated capital shortages into capital gluts instead -- not ... Read More

"In a time of changes and a somewhat blind drive for modernization and fashion, we are already losing many things intrinsic of the fine Chinese culture and tradition." Read the ... Read More

"That is also due to traditional Chinese culture, which emphasizes peace rather than violence, stability rather than turbulence, and long-term interests rather than instant benefits." Read the article.

"It is believed that lacquer production in China goes as far back as the Neolithic period. One of the earliest known lacquer objects is a red bowl from the ... Read More

Ba Jin's main works including "Family", "Spring", "Autumn", "The Trilogy of Love", "A Dream of Sea" and "Autumn in Spring", were viewed as landmarks of modern Chinese culture. Read the ... Read More

"The People's University of China set up on Sunday the College of Chinese Culture Studies, the first of its kind in the country, which targets at glorifying the studies of ... Read More

"The pan-Himalayan line climbs 5,072m (16,640ft) above sea level and runs across Tibet's snow-covered plateau - dubbed the roof of the world. Trains travelling on the line will have to ... Read More

"The re-entry module of China's second manned spacecraft Shenzhou-VI, with astronauts Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng onboard, touched down at the primary landing site in Siziwang Banner (county) of Inner ... Read More

"Chow, a bespectacled former journalist and sports fan, doesn't have the big presence of a movie mogul. But what he doesn't radiate in star power, he makes up for with ... Read More

"A 4,000-year-old bowl of noodles has been discovered at an archaeological site in western China -- possible proof for the argument that China invented pasta before Italy." Read the story.

"China has successfully launched its second manned spacecraft, carrying two Chinese astronauts into orbit." Read the story.

"She's the star of a television talent show, but Li Yuchun is not an outstanding singer or dancer. Nor is the 21-year-old considered particularly pretty. She dresses like a tomboy ... Read More

"GM isn't alone in discovering that China is not a monolithic market. The country, with 1.3 billion citizens speaking more than 100 dialects, is wildly diverse. What people eat, wear, ... Read More

"The Chinese people initially had dozens of names for the country facing them on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. We've settled on Meiguo, a choice that not only ... Read More

"The festival, four years in the making, is being promoted as the most intensive and extensive celebration of Chinese culture by an arts institution in this country." Read the article.

Festival of China will debut in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in October. "Welcoming more than 600 performers from various regions throughout China as well as ... Read More

"Over the past 150 years China has abandoned its traditional values and has followed a process of Westernisation... a mixture of capitalism and Marxist-Leninism. As a result, there are no ... Read More

"The rules of the game in China are not the same," said Ray Friedman, a professor at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management in Nashville. "You have to spend ... Read More