Chen Zhongshi’s acclaimed novel, “White Deer Plain,” will be staged as an opera on May 20 in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province. Too bad Chen won’t be able to see it as he died on April 29.
KFC customers in Hong Kong will have a new way of eating their favorite fried chicken. As part of KFC 'finger lickin' good' ad campaign, the company will be unveiling the first ever edible fingernail polish, targeting the young consumers who both love fashion and food.
Quaker Oats is facing a new lawsuit over its false advertising claim that it is offering 100 percent natural oatmeal. Tests showed the presence of the herbicide glyphosate deemed as a human carcinogen.
Some hairstyles are hair-damaging and cause hair loss or baldness.
On its 119th anniversary, Zhejiang University received 400 couples on its group wedding in April, which has become sort of a traditional activity since 2012. This year’s batch was mostly computer science graduates.
Many moneyed Chinese now participate in marathons held abroad. Joining has become a kind of new lifestyle for many Chinese who have high-paying jobs.
Two climbers accidentally found the remains of popular climber Alex Lowe and his cameraman David Bridges in Tibetan glacier last week. The news was confirmed by Lowe's family and a charitable foundation, named after the world's renowned climber in the 1990s.
The Confucius Institutes around the world yearly organize events that would display the Chinese language proficiency of their foreign students. Activities include speech contests and cultural performances.
The hospital safety rankings for spring 2016 was recently announced by the non-profit group Leapfrog. The organization was founded and being run by health care providers and employers in the health sect. The group released the safety scores for the people to know how safe the hospitals around them are.
Scientific research has revealed that spanking does more harm than good to a child's brain, leading to aggressiveness and anti-social behavior instead of the desired behavior.
Jessica Alba's Honest Co. is in hot water again after the Organic Consumers Association filed a lawsuit over claims that the company's infant formula contained synthetic ingredients that can be harmful. Moreover, the OCA accused the company of misleading the public by presenting its products as ‘organic' when it is not.
Many women dream of being able to eat anything they want without gaining weight or facial fat, and now a bizarre new weight loss weapon from Japan is as promising as that.
Pedestrians in Augsburg, Germany, were so obsessed with their smartphones that the government decided to fix traffic lights on the ground. The move was made to help pedestrians observe traffic flow without the need to look up from their smartphone.
Through the years, Chinese scholars, groups and companies have made efforts to make the public become familiar with English writer William Shakespeare. They succeeded in their endeavors.
