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Nomads get wider canvas

2015-09-25 08:03

He is regarded as one of the most important oil painters in China.

In Ang Lee's footsteps

2015-09-25 08:03

Oscar-winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon took audiences by storm when it was released 15 years ago.

Fighting stereotypes

2015-09-25 08:03

When amateur boxer Kurbanjan Samat bought his first camera, he started using photos rather than his fists to fight the misconceptions in China surrounding people from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Artist honored to restore battle mural

2015-09-18 07:44

For 65-year-old Chinese artist Mao Wenbiao, returning to his homeland to restore a mural he and other artists completed 28 years ago is both an honor and a responsibility. The panorama, entitled The Battle of Lugou Bridge, tells the story of a key battle in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45).

His message in a bottle

2015-09-18 07:44

Cyril Ruiz-Moise spent a lot of time on a boat when he was a child. He developed a love of the sea and boating.

Remembering the 'nine gentlemen'

2015-09-18 07:44

Opening a faded-blue file with trembling hands, Gong Jie had mixed feelings, at once nervous and excited to finally be seeing the documents her grandfather and several others had risked their lives for 84 years ago.

Entrepreneur loves solving problems

2015-09-11 07:32

For Eric Wang, entrepreneurship is not like winning a heroic battle. It is more like providing a simple solution to other people's pressing problems, and making them happy.

Remembering 'Nanjing's Schindler'

2015-09-05 07:47

Without a silver dollar and some rice donated by a young Danish national, Su Guobao and his family wouldn't have survived the winter of 1937.

Folk singer pushes to preserve a Miao epic

2015-09-05 07:47

Chen Xinghua's childhood idol was his late uncle, Wei Changxiu - an esteemed folk singer in Daha, a mountainous and isolated village located in Ziyun county, Guizhou province.

I Ching: The book that helped translate itself

2015-08-28 08:31

When John Minford found himself several years past deadline for publishing his translation of I Ching, the classic Chinese text also known as the Book of Changes, naturally he consulted the book itself.

The Chinese spy who saved the Soviets

2015-08-28 08:31

As a child, Yan Mingguang regarded her father as a caring, uncomplicated man. "He would ride me to school on his bike and give me a goodbye kiss on the forehead when he left me at the dormitory.

Light shone on a forgotten war

2015-08-21 08:17

A terrified family cowering under a kitchen table depicted in black and white animation is one of the most haunting images in a new documentary on China's role in World War II, which will be broadcast later this month.

Portrayal of suffering of 200,000 women

2015-08-21 08:17

China's State Archives Administration has released a series of videos documenting the experiences of sex slaves at the hands of the Japanese military over 70 years ago.

Soldiers' murderous campaign of terror in China

2015-08-21 08:17

A total of 31 confessions from Japanese war criminals is being published online this month and next, one each day, to expose crimes committed by Japan in China during World War II.

A better tomorrow

2015-08-14 08:57

Atiur Rahman, the governor of the Bangladesh Bank who rose from extreme poverty to the highest banking office in the country, is optimistic that he "would soon wake up to a beautiful world that is completely free of abject poverty and hunger".

Constructing Asia's route to growth

2015-08-14 08:57

China's targeted and massive infrastructure spending, one of the hallmarks of its poverty alleviation programs since the 1990s, will play a starring role in the United Nations' plans for sustainable development.

A life enriched by music, and vice versa

2015-08-07 09:29

There are few greater gifts than to discover one's true passion in life. As such, the award-winning Chinese bass-baritone Charles Cao Quin says music has brought joy to his life - but only now, after the varied experiences he has had over time, has he been able to fully comprehend and take advantage of his musical abilities to the fullest.

Bridging Britain and Beijing

2015-07-31 08:31

For Baroness Hale, the increasing number of Chinese students at the University of Bristol is an indication of the growing connection between China and the outside world.

Shining light on architectural star

2015-07-31 08:31

Beautiful buildings were nothing new to Luca Poncellini, who was an Italian doctoral student in architecture when he decided to visit Shanghai in 2003.

Olympic medalist champions sailing

2015-07-17 09:07

Surrounded by several sailing personalities and facing dozens of British children, China's Olympic gold medalist Xu Lijia talks easily about her life and competition experience, relaxed and speaking in fluent English.

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