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Aside from bringing families together, ancestral temples also play an important role in educating Chinese society about history and culture.
Chinese Ancestral Temples Remain Significant in China by Reuniting Families

Aside from being iconic attractions, ancestral temples spread across modern day China remain relevant by bringing families together, China Daily reported.

A brain model in a three-dimensional or 3D printer.
Technology Meets the Dead: 3D Printing Enhances Someone’s Remains

Two funeral parlors in Shanghai are using modern technology to give more options for the bereaved families of a dead person. Shanghai Longhua Funeral Home uses 3D printing to enhance the appearance of a corpse or to create a missing body part; on the other hand, Yishan Funeral Parlor offers a service that can make human ashes into “life crystals.”

Literatura Random House published in 2014 this award-winning novel from Spain.
Chinese Literary Award Hails Spanish Novel Top Winner

The Spanish novel “El Impostor” won its author Javier Cercas the top honor in this year’s 21st Century Zou Taofen Foreign Novel of the Year Award, with a corresponding cash prize of $10,000. The non-fiction novel is about Spanish Enric Marco who claimed to be a Holocaust victim but turned out to be a sham.

Where have all the flowers gone: Garlands adorn the tombstones of this cemetery. Some foreigners chose to be laid to rest in China.
Dying Here, Getting Buried Somewhere: Expats' Final Resting Place

Foreigners dying far away from home can leave behind a huge financial worry to their families as repatriation services are commonly expensive.

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Jeremy and Jacquelyn Carman with their kids. Jacquelyn gave birth twice in the country.
Expectant Expat? Essential Reminders If Staying to Give Birth

Giving birth in China is fine as long as one will prepare well. It can also be safe because international hospitals have well-trained doctors and staff and offer good facilities.

Going nuts: A black-billed magpie and its snack for the day. The Indochinese green magpie looks picture-perfect.
Just Got Lucky: Magpies Soaring Chongming’s Skies

Magpies are frequenting Shanghai again with many of them seen in Chongming Island. Such can be attributed to the parks built in Shanghai and having more trees planted in the city.

It will be the first time Disney will show a Mandarin production of
Many Don’t Want to Miss Shanghai Disney Resort’s Opening Day

Shanghai Disney Resort will open to public on June 16. Right now, tickets for the opening day were already sold out as well as the tickets for the debut show of “The Lion King.”

Art galore! Visitors at the Art Basel show in Hong Kong, held from March 24-26, 2016.
Global Art Sales Fall, China Faces 13 Percent Drop

Sales of art plummeted globally in 2015, with a 13-percent decline in China. Art fairs such as the Art Basel help artists market and sell their artworks.

A teacher writes on a blackboard during a class for young earthquake survivors at a temporary housing area after the May 12 earthquake, June 1, 2008 in Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province, China.
Teacher Who Makes $2,890 an Hour Puts China's Online Teaching Industry in the Spotlight

A Chinese physics teacher is making social media rounds recently for earning up to 18,842 yuan ($2,890) per hour for teaching courses online, although authorities are not so amused.

Behind every great artist is a great piece of art, in the literal sense of the word, as shown in the picture: Li Huayi posing with one of his creations.
Still Great at 68: Hong Kong Welcomes Li Huayi and His Works

Renowned Chinese-born, U.S.-based landscape painter Li Huayi had his art exhibit for the first time in Hong Kong. Li, now 68, has been doing art since the tender age of 6.

Worried parents turn to Hong Kong for safer shots for their kids amid the illegal vaccine scandal in the mainland.
'Problematic' Vaccines Make Worried Parents Lose Confidence in China's Health Bureau

Worried parents are turning to Hong Kong for safer immunization shots for their children after a mother-daughter gang involved in the distribution of "problematic vaccines" was busted mid-March.

Tourists mainly come to Sea Lake to visit the picturesque Lake Tyrrell located just outside of town.
Tiny Australian Town Becomes Tourist Attraction Among Chinese

Sea Lake, a tiny Australian town located in the state of Victoria, is barely breathing, but Chinese tourists are helping it get back on its feet, according to an article by China Daily.

Shanghai Disneyland opens on June 16.
Scalpers Take Advantage of Shanghai Disneyland Hype, Sell Tickets at Six Times the Official Price

Scalpers take advantage of the hype for the upcoming opening of Shanghai Disneyland Park as they offer tickets for the amusement park at six times the official price.

A size-zero model during London Fashion Week.
Brain stimulation could possibly treat Anorexia [VIDEO]

A new study revealed that a brain stimulation therapy could be the key in treating symptoms of anorexia.

Two heads are better than one: A couple of cyclists pedal their way through a road in Tibet.
Rolling, Rolling, Raring: Spring Promotes Cycling Once More

Spring comes again to China and the kind of weather it gives encourages different kinds of outdoor activities, particularly leisure biking. Cyclists have many options for biking routes in the country.

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