Meet Liuba Vladimirova, a Beijing-based Russian artist who portrays her vision of the city in her watercolor artwork. Read on to find out about what drives and inspires Liuba to create her art.

Ao Luojia, a designer of plus-sized Han Chinese costumes that imitate the style of clothes worn by women during the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907), has become an internet sensation after her impressive cosplay photo shoots during China’s Lantern Festival this year.

The National Museum of China now has a wide range of canine-inspired artifacts on display to celebrate the Year of the Dog.

A super hospital in Bo’ao Lecheng, China’s first pilot zone for global medical tourism on Hainan Province, is scheduled to open in April this year. As one of the most significant constructions of the pilot zone, it will put Hainan on the map as a global medical tourism hotspot.

As a Mongolian, Chao has engaged in Mongolian calligraphy for more than 40 years. He became interested in writing Mongolian characters when he was a student. “I seemed to pay much more attention to the characters at school than others did,” Chao said.

Christmas is in the air. We know Christmas is similar to Chinese lunar New Year’s Eve. This western religious festival is fast gaining popularity in China, especially in big cities like Beijing. Here are some places we recommend to celebrate around the city.

There is a small coastal fishing village, called Xunpu village, in Quanzhou. The women in the village have their own unique traditions that are closely related to the sea.

Mu Ren, a Mongolian man, sculpts cattle hides into works of art inspired by the daily lives of people who “live on horses.”

Lower numbers of tourist during the winter in ancient towns around Beijing are good news for anyone who would like to have some peace at a tourist attraction. Here are four such places worth a visit.

Snow is falling, books are calling. In fact, winter is the best season for reading. Here are three distinctive libraries that allow you to dive into “an ocean of books” in China.