The soothing melodies flow through cornfields, street markets and public squares. They interweave with the shouts of street vendors hawking tofu and men playing mah-jongg. This is the music of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The world’s largest musical instrument maker hopes to tap into late-life enthusiasm for the saxophone in China ...

Yin Zhifa, veteran saxophonist, acts as conductor at the closing ceremony of the 20th World Saxophone Congress in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, on July 31. [Photo/Xinhua] At the opening ceremony of ...

HARBIN, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- At the opening ceremony of the 20th World Saxophone Congress in late July, as a melody filled the venue, 57-year-old Yin Zhifa was swept back to that distant morning in 1976 ...

Christmas is enormously popular in Chinese cities. It's also a fascinating lens into how China can absorb Western culture and make those foreign customs its own. One of the smaller but quirkier ...

Mark Fisher from the Washington Post reported on eight fascinating facts on Christmas in China, which included a ‘war on Christmas’ and Santa’s sisters. Fisher also reports on why Santa Claus in China ...