An eye for glamour
2013-03-24 08:08:18
For Aldo Fallai, a one-time painter and art teacher, it took just an impulsive whim and "a very young age" to grab a camera and shoot images for six pages of the fashion bible Vogue some 40 years ago.
Social networks bad for sleep
2013-03-22 14:02:47
Online social networks, chatting services and gaming are keeping young people up at night and disturbing their sleeping patterns.
National program to keep TCM healthy
2013-03-22 11:19:27
China's top traditional Chinese medicine authority has announced a nationwide training program.
Raimi gives the origin of the wizard of Oz
Successful Chinese woman's road in Russia
2013-03-22 09:43:40
Yuan Yi, a well-dressed Chinese lady in her 40s, ran up the stairs in Moscow's crowded Novokuznetskaya metro station with a light and graceful step.
There's a ghost in my Internet
2013-03-19 11:14:28
There were three items of interest forwarded to my inbox last week. They are factual but sound like science fiction because in them, the Web emerges to become the "ghost in the machine".
Jazzing it up
2013-03-18 05:43:32
In 1935, the notorious Shanghai gangster Du Yuesheng ordered the composer and musician Li Jinhui to create the first all-Chinese jazz group, the Clear Wind Dance Band.
Cultural parks no substitute for talent
2013-03-15 14:22:05
The government wants the cultural industry to be a pillar of economic growth, making promotion of the industry and improvement of cultural services a necessary task.
A foreign supermarket shopper's day
2013-03-14 07:44:38
Before moving to China, my fiancee and I had been warned: Don't forget to pack muesli, deodorant, toothbrushes and toothpaste and anything we may have taken for granted. But isn't everything made in China?
Guardian of birds
2013-03-14 07:44:38
Zhang Houyi has taken it upon himself to protect migratory birds around Dongting Lake in Yueyang, Hunan province, for the last 27 years.
A life governed by apps
2013-03-14 10:05:39
Another day begins with the shrill call of the phone's alarm. Where are you? Open your eyes. Turn the alarm off, a swig of water unglues your tongue and you start working out on your apps.
Chinese haircuts for good luck
2013-03-14 09:37:56
Barbershops enjoyed brisk trade on Wednesday, as it was a lucky day to get a haircut according to Chinese tradition.
Overseas students younger, more diverse
2013-03-13 10:03:44
Increasing numbers of Chinese students are opting to learn practical rather than purely academic skills overseas. A fascination with wood