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Piste de Résistance: China’s Growing Love Affair with Winter Sports

In less than a years’ time, China will host the world’s biggest winter sporting event in Beijing and Zhangjiakou. But what impact has preparing for the...

Culture Feb 18, 2021

Taijiquan from My Perspective in Between East and West

The accumulation of Chinese health practitioners’ experience of many thousand years can be combined with the top-notch developments in natural science today...

China & The World Culture Feb 17, 2021

Grape Wall of China: Is 2021 the Year Chinese Wine Comes of Age?

China’s most recent foray into the wine industry is still in its early stages, with many experts expecting a bumpy ride for China’s growing wine producers.

China & The World Culture Feb 12, 2021

Grape Wall of China: Uncorking the Rise, Fall and Revival of Chinese Wine

For years, drinking wine grew in China and was enjoyed by many, but by the end of the Yuan Dynasty, wine had been usurped by a different acholic beverage:...

Culture Feb 11, 2021

Chinese New Year 2021: Keeping Traditions Alive Despite COVID-19

Following a turbulent and difficult Year of the Rat, the calm and dependable nature of the Ox will be a much welcome change.

Culture Feb 10, 2021

Virtual Fu & Banquets for Two! COVID Shakes-Up China’s Spring Festival

The rise in COVID-19 cases in China have led to severe restrictions on travel for millions of people, just as the country prepares to celebrate its most...

Culture Feb 4, 2021

Lines of Life

I would love to stand in another line this year. For the vaccine.

Culture Feb 2, 2021

Global Cultural Shifts Induced by COVID-19

While shifting into a 'new cave people' is a regress in human civilization, a more rigorous institution of family and a stronger culture of BEING in emergence...

Culture Jan 27, 2021

Discover Xinjiang: International Grand Bazaar

Xinjiang is a place of magic and mystery, full of breath-taking scenery, diverse cultures and amazing food. Join China Focus as it takes its own journey west...

Culture Jan 25, 2021

Rethinking Heritage

Culture is in fact part of an underlying system of social governance, one that relies tremendously on something similar to soft power.

Culture Dec 14, 2020

Baijiu or Bust: How Millennials are Changing China’s National Drink

China’s infamous clear spirit Baijiu has long been the alcoholic drink of Chinese society. But how are the country’s younger drinkers changing tastes and...

ECONOMY WATCH Culture Economy Dec 11, 2020

Sanxingdui Demonstrates a Civilization That Had Its Own Customs and Rituals, as Well as Remarkable Innovation

The mysteries of the Sanxingdui relics support the idea that the more one knows about Chinese civilization, the more difficult it becomes to grasp its...

Culture Sep 17, 2020