Swiss town laments a bank's fall
2013-02-03 07:36:36
ST. GALLEN, Switzerland - Given the modest size of its offices, it is easy to underestimate the imprint of the bank once called Wegelin on this compact Swiss city.
Nibbling away at food waste
2013-02-02 08:27:43
Every Chinese student is taught this Tang Dynasty poem:
When melody blooms
2013-02-01 08:00:37
About 10 years ago, rock musician Su Yang was inspired by a CD of blues to begin making his own music. One of his first works, however, was an adaptation of hua'er, a kind of traditional folk song from Northwest China.
Two of a kind
2013-02-01 08:00:37
Once in a while, the parallel between actor and role is so uncanny that a new dimension is created not so much through acting, but through the fusion of two giant personalities.
Cloud Atlas shrugs off linear filmmaking
2013-02-01 08:00:37
Cloud Atlas, directed by Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer, is not the conventional Hollywood blockbuster Chinese audiences usually see in theaters.
Tales to savor
2013-02-01 08:00:37
The Tales of Hoffmann (Les Contes d'Hoffmann) is the second French opera produced by the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, but stylistically it can be said to be the first.
Alive with color
2013-01-30 07:43:27
Wang Zhongjie, a 79-year-old Beijing native, is intertwined with rich strokes of colors on the beams, pillars, lintels and ceilings of ancient Chinese architecture.
Enigmatic entertainer
2013-01-30 07:43:27
Among the most famous Hong Kong directors, Stephen Chow may be the hardest to define. Johnny To is the cool guy, Wong Kar-wai the elegant one, and Tsui Hark the inventive one, but which description best fits Chow?
Seatbelt saved my life, twice
2013-01-30 07:43:27
If I hadn't been wearing my seatbelt at those two moments, I likely wouldn't have lived to come to China to remember why I used to feel so adamantly about wearing it in the first place.
Rice of ages
2013-01-30 10:11:12
An heirloom species of this staple grain thrives only in a tiny pocket of East China, but scientists say its potential could be huge, Jin Zhu reports in Wannian, Jiangxi province.
Meet Barbie's much older Chinese sisters
2013-01-28 14:17:13
Dressed in the most fashionable clothes, the Barbie doll has become an icon among children's toys in the West. 
How do i love thee? I Love You, really
Building innovation
2013-01-28 14:00:08
Hong Kong's boom and space crunch yield inventive designs and urban planning.