Smartphone apps that book taxis have been growing in popularity across many Chinese cities thanks to their convenience, ease of use and promotional offers... But if you are in Suzhou, a major city in Jiangsu province, you might be stuck waiting, afte...
Starting this January, Chinas market in taxi hailing apps has become a battlefield between two mobile apps, Didi and Kuaidi. The competition between the two apps is backed by two of Chinas largest internet companies, Tencent and Alibaba. Both apps la...
Its World Book Day today, and despite the increasing availability of e-books, China still scores low in terms of the the number of books read by an average adult. A 2013 survey by the Chinese Academy of Press and Publication shows that an average Chi...
And it's time to do some reading. April 23rd is the World Book Day. To mark this occasion we visit an unusual location for a book shop in Tianjin. At first, Tianjin's Dagulu Market seems like any other. But here, shoppers can also settle in to the...
In an age when the unceasing invention of digital gadgets is encroaching on the enjoyment of reading paper books, theres a small town in the UK sticking to the old tradition. Internationally renowned as the Town of Books, Hay-on-Wye in Wales is liter...
The widely acclaimed documentary TV series A bite of China is back! The first episode of the second season has been aired on Monday. The series is about the history of food, eating and cooking in China. Andhere'swhats been simmering behind the scenes...
Good news for book lovers in Beijing: the citys first 24-hour bookstore, to be a cultural landmark, has been launched by the Sanlian Bookstore. Owned by the China Publishing Group Corporation, Sanlian is a major bookstore in the country. It has start...
William Shakespeare, perhaps the world's greatest playwright, was born 450 years ago Wednesday. The Bard is thought to have invented over a thousand words, and Shakespeare's plays, such as Hamlet and King Lear, continue to be staged across the globe...
Led Zeppelin will soon release a series of deluxe editions of all nine of their studio albums. The first batch will include the bands first three recordings between 1969 and 1970. And several previously unreleased songs will also be part of the packa...
Disneys animated film Frozen just wont Let It Go. The soundtrack to the Oscar-winning film has had its best sales week, with the longest-ever run at the top of the charts. The soundtrack notched its 11th non-consecutive week at the top spot of the Bi...
Its been four decades since Hungarian inventor and architect Erno Rubik created his best-selling puzzle cube. To celebrate the anniversary, the 69-year-old has paired up with the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey, for a special exhibi...
South Korean heart-throb Kim Soo-hyun has greeted hundreds of screaming fans in Hong Kong. He is best known for playing the lead role in popular TV drama My Love from the Star. But the event was cut short because of the recent fatal ferry accident. W...
The Coastal city of Qingdao is hosting a major horticultural event, the International Horticultural Exposition. Nearly a hundred gardens there are featuring scenery from China and about forty other countries. Qingdao International Horticultural Expo...
A visit to the northern Italian city of Trento, where a unique science museum is making quite a name for itself. The museum has found an original way to showcase the wildlife of the Alps. The exhibition, named From the glacier to the forest, has the...
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and France, a special exhibition has opened at the National Museum of China in Beijing. Dubbed Ten Masterpieces of French Painting, the exhibition offers Chinese art lovers a rar...
