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In quest of new themes, written by pen
2014-03-21 08:20
Acclaimed Chinese writer Yan Lianke is constantly pushing himself for new approaches and new stories in his literary creation.
An adventurer at heart
2014-03-21 08:20
Liao Fan is a risk taker. It is hard to detect a common theme running through the more than 50 roles he has done on screen and stage.
For some, the fun has just begun
2014-03-14 12:47
Glass half full or half empty? To many people in China, being 50 years old means half of their life has passed, but Canadian writer Frank Moffatt takes the half-full view, saying their lives are just beginning.
The unlikely Olympian
2014-03-14 12:47
She is known as renowned violinist Vanessa-Mae, but it was Vanessa Vanakorn who made her debut at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games. Representing Thailand, Vanessa-Mae took part in the women's giant slalom at the Sochi Games, finishing in 67th place, last position. But she enjoyed her first Olympic trip as an athlete.
Master of fancy foot work
2014-03-07 10:02
It is a pleasure to watch a chestnut thoroughbred easily lifting its hoofs, walking freely, cantering, trotting, raising its forelegs and jumping over fixed obstacles.
'Godfather' of China's filmmakers
2014-03-07 10:02
Without Wu Tianming, renowned film directors such as Zhang Yimou and Huang Jianxin would have had a much more difficult time entering China's film industry and the film revolution created by the so-called "Fifth Generation" might not have happened or at least would not have taken the shape that it did.
Audiences still get a kick with kung fu
2014-03-07 10:02
Foreign moviegoers know very little about Chinese movies, except for kung fu heroes
High tea the Chinese way
2014-02-28 08:45
A European princess has fallen in love with Chinese tea and is about to become an ambassador for a Yunnan company.
A slice of life close up
2014-02-28 08:45
In a corner of downtown Shanghai a young man with a stammer forms a friendship with an elderly button-shop owner who, after a stroke, can barely talk and has opened the shop to keep himself occupied.
Golfing great is awed by China progress
2014-02-21 08:33
The golfer Gary Player, who has designed eight golf courses in China, and with another five in the pipeline, says it is only a matter of time before the country produces a world-dominating player of its own.
Days and nights at The Opera
2014-02-21 08:33
Varvara Shavrova believed she was looking at one of the most beautiful women she'd ever seen. But she was wrong.
'Thank you for letting me fly'
2014-02-14 08:51
Fashion insiders marked Huishan Zhang out as a designer to watch some time ago, praising his subtle and elegant way of integrating Chinese elements and motifs into stylish contemporary clothing.
Living the simple, natural way
2014-02-14 08:51
Zhang Yinghui's 13-year-old son Marco has an unusual complaint. He wants to know why he has not gotten sick like other children.
Fine art goes underground
2014-01-31 06:44
Travelers on the London Underground are enjoying the luxury of seeing a masterpiece of Chinese traditional painting as they rush to their next destination. As the Year of the Horse is about to begin, posters showing the painting have just been put up at about 200 Underground stations across the city.
The perfect new year's present
2014-01-31 06:44
Li Na's long-awaited second Grand Slam victory cements her status as one of the world's best tennis players and will trigger another surge of interest in the sport in China. When Chris Evert, US tennis legend and 18-time Grand Slam champion, handed the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup to Li Na after she defeated Dominika Cibulkova, 7-6 (7-3), 6-0 to claim the Australian Open title on Jan 25, the tennis world applauded as one.
Age no bar for learning or writing
2014-01-24 08:57
Jiang Shumei was illiterate for much of her life. She only started learning to write Chinese characters at 60. Not only did she become proficient enough to read the voluminous 2012 Nobel laureate in literature Mo Yan's collections, she turned to writing at 75 and produced a popular memoir a year later.
Glory of frescoes lives on
2014-01-24 08:57
Every stroke has been applied with loving care, with no detail left to chance. And now the splendor of Yang Dongmiao's and Jin Weidong's work, an artistic dream 20 years in the making, is about to be unveiled to the world.
In her master's footsteps
2014-01-17 09:30
A back injury led Rose Oliver to tai chi, which led her to her husband and then took both of them to China. But three years after moving to Shanghai in 2000 to pursue their dream, Oliver's husband died, leaving her alone to follow their shared passion for tai chi.
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