The summer solstice falls on June  22nd this year. It is the tenth solar terms of the 24 Chinese solar terms, marking the day of the longest daytime and shortest nighttime. Starting the summer solstice, the days begin to draw out. There’s a saying that goes like this: “After eating noodles on the summer solstice day (a [...]

On August 18-23, 2011 the 8th world conference of IALE-International “Landscape ecology for sustainable environment and culture” will be held in Beijing, China.

The Ministry of Railways will implement the real-name system for purchasing tickets for HSR trains starting from June 1, 2011. And from today, you need to use your identity card to buy the tickets of HSR which run after June, 1st. In order to help you get used to the new system as soon as [...]

Chinese officials have denied the Beijing palace that was once home to China’s emperors is being used as a club for the rich.

It was the first day of the fourth excavation of Nan’ao No 1, a sunken merchant vessel of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) that was found in 2007 in the South China Sea near Nan’ao Island, Guangdong province, after local fisherman netted porcelain ware.

The greatest Kung Fu panda is coming bakc on May 26th, 2011!   Since five years ago, the overweight panda Po has won a great number of fans. Now, he is coming back to bring us a new enthusiasm of Chinese Kung Fu, as well as Chinese culture. Are you a kung fu fanatic like [...]

Police in China have arrested a man they say broke into Beijing’s famed Forbidden City, and stole seven pieces of art from the Palace Museum.

Beijing – The National Tourism Administration of China announced on Tuesday that national tourism day will fall on May 19 each year, despite previous calls for setting the date on Chairman Mao Zedong’s birthday.

Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed railway(HRS), the world’s fastest railway, is coming! Today is the first day of the one-month trial run.  Construction began on April 18, 2008, and a ceremony to mark the completion of track lying was held on November 15, 2010. The line is scheduled to be put into commercial service on June 20, 2011.  [...]

Air China announced the impending launch of its new route between Beijing and Milan on June 15. The route will be serviced by a wide-body Airbus A330.