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Captured in charcoal

2014-08-15 05:48

In an age when photographs can be taken and zapped around the world in an instant, it seems antiquated to spend hours or days polishing a portrait.

In search of international screen success

2014-08-08 07:18

China is now the world's second-largest film market, and the prediction is that it will overtake the United States to become the largest by 2020.

Supermodel style, just like me

2014-08-08 07:18

As one of the first Chinese models to make it on international runways, Lu Yan is more than just a pretty face.

Telling their story

2014-08-01 07:27

After returning from visiting Syrian refugees in southern Lebanon in May, actress Yao Chen had a recurring nightmare. "On the way home from the grocery store, I find my house has been bombed. Everybody is running and crying. I cannot find my family. Then I survive alone in the ruins. Desperate, drinking rain water. I cry and cry and feel so much pain and then, I wake up all of a sudden.

Red Cross man's tales from the front line

2014-08-01 07:27

Pierre Ryter has spent much of the past 30 years working in some of the most dangerous places on Earth. Ryter, 56, now is living a more peaceful life in Beijing, using his experience to teach how to abide by humanitarian norms in a dangerous world.

The British PM who loved China

2014-07-25 06:14

Britons and visitors to the country now have the opportunity to visit the former home of Sir Edward Heath, the prime minister who famously was instrumental in establishing full diplomatic relationship between the UK and China in the 1970s.

Shift in economic focus brings China, UK closer

2014-07-25 06:14

A former political private secretary to the British prime minister who established full diplomatic relations between the UK and China in the 1970s, says the economies of both two nations are set to become more closely aligned.

Bird life

2014-07-18 08:29

When he was a child, Shen You ate birds.

Bridging the perception gap

2014-07-11 07:27

Despite the dramatic social and economic progress made by China in recent decades, Dorian Malovic says he remains disappointed by the way the country often is portrayed by journalists in the West.

A fine judge of quality, distinction and prestige

2014-07-11 07:27

Even after living in China for nearly a decade, Arnaud Debane still says he is surprised by the country on a daily basis.

Cross-border publishers find new plot

2014-07-04 08:14

In an age when machines do translations almost instantly, it may seem that publishing books in multiple languages around the world would be a snap.

Bridging the cultural divide

2014-07-04 08:14

In recent years there has been an increasingly steady flow of Polish musicians, artists and composers to China, providing local audiences with a taste of what the eastern European country has to offer.

Cooking for the Premier and the PM

2014-06-27 07:35

The lunch served to Premier Li Keqiang and British Prime Minister David Cameron at 10 Downing Street shone a spotlight on British twins of Chinese ethnicity and their restaurant in Britain.

China arrives on the cutting edge

2014-06-20 08:10

Frequent claims that Chinese technology companies lack innovation may no longer be true, says Brad Stone, a US journalist who writes about technology.

All ends well for man who finds the wells

2014-06-20 08:10

People think he's crazy. But for his part, Cheng Guonan thinks it's the world that's crazy.

Saddling up

2014-06-20 08:10

Ma Dongsheng is a man of few words. As a ranking police officer at the Duolun county people's court, the first impression he gives can be grim and serious.

A response to place

2014-06-13 08:00

The first thing one notices on entering the Beijing apartment of artist Niamh Cunningham is the number of canvases covering almost every inch of wall space.

The tale of the Peacock Princess

2014-06-13 08:00

Slim and of medium height, with big, intense eyes, Xu Liqiu comes across as a warm, caring person. But Xu, who runs an animal husbandry business, insists there is more to her than that. She is also very determined, she says.

Mandarin, money and the sheer joy of learning

2014-06-06 08:15

She may come across as shy and reserved at first, but when Victoria Zanello, 23, was on stage recently for the Chinese proficiency competition in Montpellier, southern France, her confidence with the language and deep affection for Chinese literature was there for all to admire.

Job in which a mistake can mean death

2014-06-06 08:15

It is highly skilled and technical work, and if anything goes wrong, it can mean the difference between life and death. The 36-year-old diver has narrowly escaped being killed twice.

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