A record 3.4 million young Chinese flocked to the civil service exam this year, lured by the prospect of lifetime job security and perks including subsidised housing as an economic slowdown batters ...

The blue and white bowl was taken to an auctioneer in Bath by its owner as they prepared to move house. Experts realised it was extremely rare and dated from the reign of the Chinese Emperor ...

Igarashi’s mother would often cook her “chuka-don,” or a Chinese-style rice bowl dish, while working ... and katakuriko), 300 grams rice 1. Cut ginger into 1 cm slices on a side.

The Chinese ceramic industry experienced a period ... for life and if one of them should die the other would pine away. A bowl such as this would have made an ideal wedding gift.

Layoffs are rare in China’s civil service, earning it the “iron rice bowl” moniker ... protections than civil servants. Chinese provinces have quietly cut tens of thousands of positions ...