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China's quantum leap

2015-03-20 07:40

Let us suppose you carried a safety deposit box all the way from Swiss Valartis Bank to Beijing, only to leave the key in Liechtenstein. What would you do?

Imperial touches in modern China

2015-03-20 07:40

During Chinese New Year in February, Chinese students, staff and alumni from Imperial College received a warm and touching card from their university's president, Alice Gast.

Creating something new from old

2015-03-20 07:40

Great art often inspires further creativity, sometimes in a surprising form. For Tim Flach, a London-based animal photographer, the idea that some of his best works would be recreated by the art of Chinese embroidery came as a surprise.

The art of growing old gracefully

2015-03-13 08:12

Living in Italy has left indelible marks on Huang Yongyu. From the time the artist held his first exhibition in the country to when his book Along the Seine River to Florence was translated into Italian recently, a lot of water has passed under many bridges.

Clearing the air about pollution

2015-03-06 07:50

It's noteworthy that the most-watched Chinese documentary did not debut in a cinema or on television.

In the footsteps of the master

2015-03-06 07:50

"After two hours with him I used to go out to walk very slowly alongside the river to let my brain cool down, because it was like being in a most extraordinary storm of ideas."

Regaling the world with music

2015-02-20 08:51

The internationally acclaimed pianist Rueibin Chen has always believed in the overarching importance of music.

It's great, but greater still from up high

2015-02-20 08:51

As front row seats go, the one Dan Heath has nabbed for himself is not bad. In fact you could say it's greater than great.

The devil doesn't wear thermals

2015-02-13 08:55

Making thermal underwear a hot topic made Su Mang a household name in China.

Magic wind

2015-02-13 08:55

On a recent chilly night, the German Radio Orchestra gave a concert under the baton of conductor Martin Fischer-Dieskau.

Stargazing fetches Chinese woman honor for research

2015-02-13 08:55

Gazing at stars has always been her thing since childhood. So it wasn't entirely surprising when Chen Xuefei was recently recognized along with nine others for contributions to the sciences.

A soul on wings

2015-02-06 07:42

It is an understatement to say Chinese poetry is not in its golden age. The few poets who caught public attention in the past decade are seen as jokes by mostfor the sheer lack of poetic sense.

A journalist becomes the story

2015-02-06 07:42

The biggest scoop Filipino journalist Jaime FlorCruz got was in 1991, when he reported Jiang Qing's death days before China's official pronouncement.

Furnishing culture

2015-02-06 07:42

Zhu Xiaojie proves you don't have to graduate from a top design school to become an ace designer.

China 'the game-changer'

2015-01-30 08:43

John Naisbitt, the author and public speaker on futurism, and his wife Doris predict that Asia will surpass both North America and Europe in economic power, military spending and technological investments by 2030.

French star shines in Chinese sky

2015-01-30 08:43

When Sophie Marceau appeared on China Central Television's traditional annual gala in 2014, she had the attention of more than a billion viewers.

Sales stall for winner

2015-01-30 08:43

Mo Yan's novels are not doing well.According to Wen Hui Daily, a Shanghai-based newspaper with a tradition of reporting on culture, bookstores around China returned copies of the Nobel laureate's books - valued at 9.5 million yuan ($1.53 million) based on their prices - to his publishers at the end of 2014. They account for 10 percent of the total printed copies of his books.

Reviving the ancient maritime silk road

2015-01-23 07:04

Chinese navigator Zhai Mo, 46, is ready to set sail again. Five years ago, he finished his solo circumnavigation of the globe, and now he is determined to lead a group of people to follow the ancient Maritime Silk Road.

Man of mettle's African mission

2015-01-23 07:04

Erik Prince needs no uniform or medals to display his military credentials. Once you have seen his brisk walk, been on the receiving end of his vice-like handshake and looked into his steely eyes, you know this is indeed a man of military mettle.

China's inland door to the world

2015-01-16 07:10

As China opens its door wider to the outside world, foreign language education institutions should also follow the trend and go global as well, says Li Keyong, the president of Sichuan International Studies University based in Chongqing, the largest language studies institution in the Southwest China.

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