Behind the mask
2012-09-25 09:19:40
Sierra Leone native Mariatu Kargbo has captured China's heart with her devotion to its culture and people.
The puppet master
2012-09-22 07:50:33
To watch Lin Zhaohua rehearse a play is a revelation. More accurately, it is a shock, at least to thespians who have not worked with him. He does not give instructions, only telling his actors what not to do - after they did it.
Family saga rewinds
2012-09-21 07:34:24
A film adaptation of the literary classic White Deer Plain condenses the lives of 20 characters at a formative time in China's history.
The first Chinese science comic contest announces results
2012-09-21 08:48:33
Award-winning comics in the first Chinese science comic contest
Buying heritage in capital courtyards
2012-09-20 13:35:39
Zheng Xicheng isn't exactly thrilled at the prospect of getting his hands on 7 million yuan ($1.10 million, 850,000 euros) and buying his own apartment.
Full circle
2012-09-20 13:35:39
Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, around the time of the autumn equinox.
Art salesrooms adapt to changes
2012-09-21 09:23:56
Art collectors, both in domestic and overseas markets, are changing their aesthetic taste, deviating from political symbols to cultural elements.
The real deal
2012-09-21 09:18:07
Contemporary American Realism features 100 oil portraits, still lifes and landscapes from 51 contemporary American artists.
Laughter from beginning to end
2012-09-20 09:30:56
Cross-talk star and innovator Huang Junying is still going strong at 76. He tells Xu Jingxi in Guangzhou the secrets of his success.
When 'livvylong' is Chinese
2012-09-18 10:31:42
Finnegans Wake, a hugely complicated work by Irish author James Joyce, will get a reception from Chinese readers in September.
Mining literary material
2012-09-18 10:27:45
Former miner and 'the king of short stories', Liu Qingbang artfully describes the rural-urban divide in contemporary China.
'Save our cultural code'
2012-09-17 09:02:30
Supporters of a campaign to save China's dialects from dying out are recording representatives from diverse communities in what will become a national project.