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Lamp collector lights up Hainan memories

[2017-04-04 07:27]

Most of us have various reasons for travel. It could be to enjoy beautiful scenery, relax, sample delicious food or even have an adventure. But Wang Fuhe is unique. The native of Hainan Island has made numerous trips searching for antique lamps.

A home from the past brings sense of a better future to isolated village

[2017-04-04 07:27]

The first time Huang Juan arrived at Sanjia village, in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, her goal was to demolish decrepit buildings and homes, rather than preserve them.

Trade set to rise as Beijing-Manila ties thaw

[2017-04-04 07:27]

With China and the Philippines redefining and improving their bilateral relationship in recent times with a focus on pragmatic business and political ties, fruit merchants, nickel mine owners and machinery manufacturers on either side have started foraying into each others' markets.

Fruit of better relations is higher, quicker imports

[2017-04-04 07:27]

Banana importer Xue Xin is expecting a huge boost to his business in the wake of thawing of relations between China and the Philippines.

The return of spring

[2017-04-04 07:27]

Qingming - literally "the pure brightness" - is here, making the loud and delightful announcement that spring has returned to the land.

Online-to-offline biz model breathes new life into death

[2017-04-03 07:19]

Sales of goods, services for funerals, 'post-life' rituals try virtual

Funeral services check out China's digital dimension

[2017-04-03 07:19]

"Selling a funeral service is like selling clothes. Do you argue with your customers to change their style? Or do you sell them what suits them best?" That's Qi Weijing, founder of Jiuhua Zhengyuan Co Ltd, a company combining funeral services with the internet.

Touching notes

[2017-04-03 07:19]

In 1647, three years after Manchu forces overtook the Ming court to rule China, the country was still in turbulence as advocates of the old regime battled the new. Xia Wanchun was one of them. The 16-year-old was captured but he refused to surrender, instead choosing to die for his cause.

Dynasty of song

[2017-04-02 11:43]

As an art student in Beijing during the 1970s, Shen Lihui listened to Western bands on cassettes. He formed his own band, Sober, in 1988 with a group of friends.

Flocking to the flowers

[2017-04-02 11:43]

Beijing is blooming. Its blossoms are luring a growing number of people to its parks and scenic spots to enjoy the fireworks of flowers as they approach full blast.

A top chef's main ingredient: hard work

[2017-04-02 11:43]

Chinese cuisine is an old game played through a revolving door of new players.

Going against the grain

[2017-04-02 11:43]

Being a scientist means one must challenge existing dogma and authority, says J Craig Venter, a biotechnologist and geneticist who visited Beijing at the end of 2016 to receive Chinese biotech company VCANBIO's Award for International Cooperation in Life Sciences and Medicine.

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