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Like father, like son

2014-01-10 10:20

Belgian orchestra conductor Eric Lederhandler is following his energetic father in fostering friendship between China and Belgium.

Rock stars have a Chinese luster

2014-01-03 10:02

When a group of British music-loving teenage boys got together in 1997 dreaming of becoming rock stars, they could scarcely have envisaged how far their fame would eventually spread.

Zen and the art of Xu

2013-12-20 10:07

Chinese artist Xu Bing celebrates the majesty of nature as the greatest force and resource given to humankind.

Advice about China on a plate

2013-12-20 10:07

Businessman reckons success comes as easily as learning to use chopsticks

Visionary touch

2013-12-13 09:36

If Bill Kong is not the most unassuming movie mogul in the world, he is certainly a strong candidate for such a title. He rarely wears a suit and tie, and often carries a backpack like a college student. It is only through the refractions of movie stars' awe-struck looks toward him that discerning outsiders may realize the exalted stature he enjoys in the Chinese-language film industry.

Moments of calm

2013-12-13 09:36

Even without his usual gunpowder and explosions, artist Cai Guo-Qiang has the power to wow viewers with his poetic and serene installations in his first solo exhibition in Australia. His exhibition Falling Back to Earth, which opened at the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane in mid-November, shows the artist's shift toward a more grounded engagement. Cai's two commissioned installations, Heritage and Eucalyptus, both monumental in scale and with strong visual impact, feature motifs drawn from the natural world.

There was once a fish ...

2013-12-06 10:04

A large part of Irina Zakharova's life is associated with toys, children and art. She has a doctorate in classical art and art theory from Lomonosov Moscow State University, the most prestigious university in Russia, and started work at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts soon after graduating in 1977.

Portrait links ancient and new masters

2013-12-06 10:04

Art lovers in Shandong province have been privileged by the visit of works by two Italian masters in the past month. One a local hero, Vincenzo Sanfo, was there in person and was responsible for bringing along a self-portrait of the other - Leonardo da Vinci.

The trials of a tiger mother

2013-11-29 10:38

Quan Li says she fell in love with tigers when she first saw them in a Beijing zoo as a girl, unaware that one day she would help save these tigers from extinction.

Sharp eye for the human soul

2013-11-22 10:37

Steve McCurry's photographs have become modern icons. Eloquent, riveting and beautiful, their poetry penetrates to the very heart of the subject.

Giants with a light touch

2013-11-08 09:29

The 12 huge bronze sculptures on show at the Place Vendome in central Paris have received enthusiastic public approval. Viewers, it seems, can sense the "monumental levity" of these impressive works, which the Chinese artist Li Chen produced from 1998 to 2010. They are materially heavy, yet visually light. Levity, quiescence and comfort are words that are automatically associated with Li's works.

Women, lean in

2013-11-01 10:11

When Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer, visited China to promote her new book Lean In, she already had many fans in the country. People were drawn to her either by her story of success, or the notion of the renewed feminist movement inspired by her book.

Hair, there and everywhere

2013-11-01 10:11

Toni Li's big IDEA has put him on the map all over China

Meet Ms Manners

2013-11-01 10:11

A former member of the British queen's household, who now trades on her extensive social network and reputation, is on a crusade to bring good manners to China - or at least to those who want to improve their social or business standing with foreigners.

Classical TCM a dying art

2013-10-25 10:01

Traditional Chinese medicine may soon find itself on the endangered list because of skepticism from within its own ranks, a German practitioner of the 2,000-year-old science says.

Essential expedition

2013-10-25 10:01

Adam Williams has two lifelong fascinations - China and writing.

Hobby horses of the rich and famous

2013-10-18 09:46

Ed Olver has commanded troops in war zones and ridden ceremonial horses down The Mall in London. Now he has grand plans for China. The former army and Household Cavalry officer is co-founder of British Polo Day, which has an annual competition at a club outside Beijing near the Great Wall, and he is now contemplating staging polo events elsewhere in China, most likely mini-versions that can be staged in mobile arenas.

Big voice, big heart

2013-10-18 09:46

It was early evening on Oct 8, and Wangfujing Street in downtown Beijing was as crowded as usual. In front of one of the street's glitzy shopping plazas, a group of young students and a petite dark brown-haired middle-aged lady were singing Happy Birthday. Casually dressed, she looked like any another Western tourist.

Lang Lang wins yet more accolades

2013-10-11 09:55

Twelve years ago when the Chinese young pianist Lang Lang performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London for the first time, he was barely known to many in the audience.

Toward a new lingua franca

2013-10-11 09:55

After an exhausting 10-hour flight and nine-hour train ride, Chang Chunjiao, a college graduate from China, finally arrives in Tarbes, southwestern France, where she will work as a volunteer Mandarin teacher for a year.

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