China, India and Brazil are poised to fuel an explosion in international tourism in the coming years.
Self-styled experts help customers make the right choices in an overcrowded cosmetics market.
Penpa is up at 6 am. Shivering in the icy morning winds in Lhasa, the 16-year-old lama cocoons himself in a baggy crimson sports sweater.
The rhythmic tamping sounds accompanying the singing by workers stop worshippers and tourists flocking to Sera Monastery's Great Meeting Hall in northern Lhasa.
East is East and West is West, but the two cultures can find middle ground. Gan Tian talks to homeowners and designers who fused the styles successfully.
An ongoing exhibition presents fascinating aspects of the Louis Vuitton story.
It's boom time for a small village of 1,200 families in Yunnan province, thanks to its skilled noble metal craftsmen.
In a decade working as a nanny, Andreia Soares finally joined Brazil's middle class.
For generations here in the deepest South, there had been a great taboo: publicly crossing the color line for love.
From age 1 to age 13 years and 364 days, the children of the world have been pulling a fast one over their parents since 1949, when Children's Day was officially introduced.
Armed with a flashlight and a camera, Li Yunjie, an eighth grade student, emerges from a park late one evening with a bottle of cicada grubs.