Written Chinese has also
The air is thin and we have to rest several times on the short hike from camp. To our left, snow-covered mountains
In the evening, I drink a cup of tea and watch the stars. I think about the antelopes and what Zhaxi told me.
Festivals are celebrated all around the world. They have a wide
There’s no electricity or water and even no textbooks either! I’m still trying to
Xie Lei also found many courses included students’
Now halfway through her exchange year, Xie Lei feels much more at home in the UK. What seemed strange before now appears quite
A short
As a player, Lang Ping brought
As a five- year-old girl, Lin Qiaozhi was deeply
The Renaissance (from the 14th to the 17th century)
New ideas and values gradually replaced old ones from the Middle Ages. As a result, painters c
Another innovation was the use of oil paints. With their deep colors and realism, some of the best oil paintings look like photographs. While painters as early as Da Vinci had used oil, this technique reached its h
In subject matter, the emphasis increasingly s
People in modern times can read the
Hard hills of rock became rivers or