Articles related to "Hangzhou"

For beautifully restored Chinese pagodas and temples, breathtaking lake views, and well-tended gardens, there is no better place to travel to than Hangzhou.

Longjing of Dragon Well tea from the West Lake region of Hangzhou, China, is one of the highest quality green teas prized for drinking and cooking.

Restaurants available in Song Dynasty China were enormous and enormously varied. Yet the food itself was very similar to what is available today.

Online portal offers free access to innovative merchandise, international suppliers, buying and selling leads plus videos and photos of unique products and features.

More than 250-thousand Chinese-made tires are being recalled as unsafe because they lack an important safety feature that prevents treads from separating.

Yixing County is known as the pottery capital of China. The China Yixing Ceramics Museum showcases the pottery that's been made in this rural area for thousands of years.

Budget carriers fly from/to Malaysia and Vietnam as Asia fights for tourists. Air AsiaX launches in July and is expected to become a major player in the Asia field.

The Jurchen (or Jin) were a powerful steppe people who know are little known. Who were they?

On July 22, 2009, the sun will disappear behind the moon in a total solar eclipse for parts of India, China, and other nearby countries.

Though foreign investment decreases, the Chinese real estate market booms.

China's money is known as renminbi or "people's money." It comes in various sizes and colors, with pictures of Mao Zedong on one side, and scenic highlights on the other.

Give the gift of a truly memorable experience in the form of a gift certificate from Toronto's own Shirley Lum- food and culinary tour guide extraordinnaire!

Maglev or magnetic levitation is a transportation method that suspends and propels a vehicle, usually a train, very quickly along a guide way.

Chinese women who ate fresh or dried mushrooms and drank green tea had much less risk of getting breast cancer, a recent study found.

After 25 years of enmity, President Nixon and Mao Tse-Tung ushered in a new era of world politics with "the week that changed the world."

Foregoing all obstacles, even death, Peony, the protagonist to See's epic novel Peony in Love, risks all for the love of her life.

After the collapse of the Tang Empire China came under the control of the Sung dynasty which is characterized by Confucian revival, often referred to as Neo-Confucianism.

Alibaba.com, China's leading e-commerce business-to-business (B2B) website, receives more user traffic than any other international trade site.

The newest trend in marketing among the geniuses of the cosmetics industry involves edible beauty products.

As jobs in the Western world become increasingly scarce, and cutbacks and layoffs increase, consider weathering the economic crisis by teaching abroad.

Familiarity with the names of the different realms in Chinese history, especially those of the later major regimes, is helpful in learning the Chinese language.