Shadow plays are a folk art originated in rural areas of northwest China's Gansu, Shannxi and Ningxia provinces. Such art was popular between 14th and 19th Century, which is the Ming and Qing Dynasty details >>
Occupying 153.8 acres alongside the Charles, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) provides an intellectual counterweight to the otherwise working-class character of East Cambridge. Originally details >>
Founded on the ruins of the glittering Aztec capital, Tenochtitan, Mexico City today is a study in startling contrasts. The "City of Palaces" is home to staggering wealth and unspeakable poverty. The details >>
The picture taken on March 24, 2009 shows pear blossoms around village in Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze in southwest China's Sichuan Province. With only 160 households, the Tibetan village details >>
BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The number of foreign students in China reached a record high of 223,499 in 2008, a 14.32 percent increase over 2007, an official with the Ministry of Education (MOE) sai details >>
Kristopher Rubesh, 32, cleans up a room in his newly-finished Tibetan-style Zhilam Hostel in Kangding, a small town in the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province, southwest China, Ma details >>
Most scenic spots in southwest China's Sichuan Province will open for free on May 12, the one year anniversary of a fatal earthquake which killed nearly 70,000 people, local tourism authority confirm details >>
The Hong Kong Tourism Board has set up a travel counter in Wuxi to promote Hong Kong travel services.Located inside the China Travel Hotel near the Wuxi railway station, the Hong Kong travel counter i details >>
The 282 room Ritz-Carlton Shenzhen opened in mid-March, the fifth property of the luxury hotel brand to have opened in China in the space of slightly more than two years.The mixed-use complex will inc details >>
News from Shandong Provincial Tourism Bureau is that airline companies and travel service providers in Shandong are joining forces to issue travel discount coupons and domestic air ticket coupons with details >>
According to Jiang Xiaoying, director of Dongguan Tourism Bureau, Dongguan will build a tour dispatch hub to attract tourists from the Pearl River Delta region, and the world at large, to come and vis details >>
China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) spokesman Liu Xiaojun said Tuesday that the organization is formulating a national leisure plan. Pilot programs will include the distribution of travel cou details >>
BEIJING, March 25 -- At first glance, he looked like a movie extra who had wandered away from the set of a period production. Sitting astride a horse with his hair worn long, clad in a dark g details >>
Models present fashions during the China International Fashion Week (2009/2010 autumn/winter series) opened in Beijing, capital of China, March 24, 2009. (Xinhua/Chen Jianli) A model presents a fashi details >>
If you're wondering just what's brewing in Hangzhou this month, well the refreshing answer is that the city is poised to stage a major festival celebrating all things about tea.
A Songjiang District hotel will offer visitors spas from a natural hot spring within two years.The district tourism authority has completed planning for a luxury five-star hotel and this will be the c details >>
Chongqing railway department will launch a phone booking service for train tickets. The service will first be tested in ticket agencies and then gradually be extended to ticket booths to make it more details >>
Macao's visitor arrivals for February 2009 reached 1.65 million, dropping by 17.3 percent over the same period of last year, according to the figures released on Tuesday by the Statistics and Census details >>
Two high-speed railways opening on April 1 will dramatically slash travel time between the hinterland and the coastal regions, a senior railway official said yesterday.Stretching more than 350 km, the details >>
BEIJING, Mar. 25 -- The capital of China's Sichuan province began its promotion to lure tourists by issuing 20 million tourism cards on March 24. Each card costs 1 yuan ($0.14) and 15 milli details >>
Actresses from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) performs in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, March 22, 2009. A 60-member DPRK art troupe staged a performance details >>
Photo taken on March 22, 2009 shows the Yuquan Mountains in distance in the Summer Palace, Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Wang Huaigui) Photo taken on March 22, 2009 shows the beautiful scenery i details >>
Construction of a park began Sunday in Lingui county in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to commemorate the U.S. "Flying Tigers" air squadron who helped the Chinese fight the Japane details >>
News from the Tibetan Tourism Bureau is that from April 2009 Tibet will be re-opened to foreign tourists, as well as to tourists from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau.It is understood that with the reopen details >>
Yang Chongyong, the vice governor of Hebei province, disclosed at a tourism teleconference that Hebei will invest 10 billion yuan (US$1.47 billion) this year on tourism and try to enhance outlook for details >>
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