The original spice girls are from Western China's Hunan province, where the lasses are famous for loving their red hot chilies.
If it had not been for Fan Jinshi and her team, the world cultural heritage site at Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes in a remote Chinese desert might have long been destroyed by sand, weather or humans.
Artist Simon Beck's tools are small and simple: a compass and a pair of snowshoes. His canvases? Snow-covered wintry landscapes.
"Empty streets flip into a fun fair. A quiet city erupts into a boisterous jamboree. And everything is green."
Overall revenue generated by China's publishing industry has grown by more than $100 billion (92.6 billion euros; 80.8 billion) since 2011, partly as a result of international collaboration, according to figures released at the London Book Fair on March 15.
In the story being told in a dramatization by Italian visual theater group TPO, two explorers follow the footprints of a panda and find themselves venturing into the culture and history of China.
If the Spring Festival Gala is China Central Television's annual celebration of everything glittery and harmonious, the 315 Gala would be its evil twin.
It took Tom Hiddleston nearly an hour to walk across a few meters of red carpet to get to a Beijing hall. Screaming fans scrambled for autographs and photos, and became more excited after hearing the star greet them in Mandarin.
When singer Xu Weizhou (more popularly known as Timmy Xu) arrived at the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, he was astonished to see a frenzied mob of local fans screaming his name in Mandarin.
Chinese filmmakers are now seeking to tap the highly developed movie markets of North America and Europe. But what about the countries in China's neighborhood? Are Chinese films doing well there?
Photographer Zou Junxin is known by his assumed name, Jun Cheng, which means "a rugged journey" in Chinese - for good reason.
The National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra will make its first foray into the Arab world by staging two concerts at the Abu Dhabi Festival on Friday and Saturday.