Han Fuling, 82, holds two of his kites at his apartment in Weifang, China on June 26, 2014. Weifang is known as China's kite capital, and Han is one of the city's most revered kite artists. But ...

"Chinese kites are so different from that in the United States, which are mostly made of plastic and usually printed with cartoons such as SpongeBob," she said, adding that Chinese kites are usually ...

The 40th Weifang International Kite Festival, which kicked off Saturday in Weifang in east China's Shandong Province has drawn kite fanciers from China and beyond.

WEIFANG, China (AP) — More than 1,000 kites filled the skies of Weifang, an eastern Chinese coastal city that touts itself as the “kite capital of the world,” on Saturday. Locals say there ...

Zhang Xiaodong’s workshop is strewn with all manner of flying contraptions. There are dragons, eagles, butterflies and ingenious mechanical kites. But Chinese kite makers have much to worry ...

Chinese kite makers have much to worry about these days. As China modernizes, a new generation is playing video games instead of attaching painted silk to bamboo frames.