Shandong's inky heart
2013-09-03 02:21:58
Writers from Shandong province, where Confucius was born, brought the freshness of the seacoast to the 2013 Beijing International Book Fair that wrapped up on Sunday.
Top novelist makes debut in English
2013-09-03 02:12:40
English-language editions of two entertaining and insightful novels written by one of China's most accomplished novelists, the late Lao She, will soon be on bookshelves around the country.
Cosplay hits Tianjin cultural fair
2013-09-02 10:06:52
The first "Manshen Cup" cosplay contest kicked off on August 29, as part of the Tianjin Binhai cultural and creative industry fair held from August 29 to September 2 in Tianjin.
Raymond Zhou: Montreal Journal
2013-09-02 01:47:33
A character in the movie, a middle-aged man, was dating a young Chinese woman and, being a social democrat, he burst into a eulogy for China’s "cultural revolution".
Geek girls, a man's world
2013-09-01 08:07:40
Chu Yanli's boyfriend again suggested she quit her software engineering job three months after they started dating. It was 4 am on a weekday in April, and Chu had just gotten home from work. She'd spent the past 18 hours glued to her office computer, trying to fix a programming glitch on Alipay, China's leading online payment service.
Capturing a new land
2013-08-30 13:04:35
Determined to portray the reality of Africa, a group of Chinese who have made the continent their home are recording life there with their cameras.
Hooked on the scalpel
2013-08-30 10:02:27
When most people think of addiction, they think of substance abuse, not plastic surgery.
Lost for words
2013-08-30 10:03:46
Computerization is debilitating our ability to hand-write Chinese characters. It is a sad trend that cannot be reversed. But the upside is higher efficiency in the use of the language as the bar for literacy keeps getting lowered
Seeds of hope
2013-08-28 09:40:31
Ancient millet varieties from an arid swathe of Inner Mongolia could provide food security as growing water shortages threaten agriculture globally.
Electricity: a curiosity no longer
2013-08-26 06:57:37
When Chen Xianxiu opened the first electrical-appliance store in Medog in the Tibet autonomous region in November 2010, she received not only customers through her doors, but curious onlookers.
Subtle statements right on trend
2013-08-26 06:57:37
A raft of new stores is appealing to discerning fashionistas who understand true style is not always adorned with big-name labels. Tiffany Tan finds out why sometimes less is more.
Chinese films still struggle for some bling
2013-08-26 06:57:37
Why can Sex and the City make Jimmy Choo and Manolo Blahnik household names, but fashion in China's chick flicks like Tiny Times and One Night Surprise leaves no impression for fashionistas?