The future of classical music
2012-08-25 08:01:38
John Harding, an accomplished violinist, is especially impressed with the progress China has made in the past three decades.
It's all harmony for Ni Hai-ye
2012-08-25 08:01:38
Ni Hai-ye has a "Tiger Mom", who forced her to learn the violin at the tender age of 4, and then the cello at 7.
Drinking in success
2012-08-24 09:18:15
A change of career and country - switching from financier to wine-bar proprietor and swapping France for China - proved to be hugely beneficial for Olivier Six.
A Spring in the tale
2012-08-24 09:18:15
The acclaimed writer David Mitchell says he had no idea that his books were popular in China - until he saw that his events in Beijing were well attended by readers, whose questions for him would range from literary queries to gossip.
From bubble suits to bikinis
2012-08-24 09:17:43
On July 16, 1976, Huang Yang and his classmates left school and walked to the Xunbila River. They were not just skipping school.
The man to realize an age-old dream
2012-08-23 10:37:17
Hu Wengen is an 82-year-old woman in Shanghai who dreamed of holding a solo concert.
Love letters are lost in digital era
2012-08-23 09:11:49
As surely as instant messaging is now the language of love, snail mail is not. Many young Chinese, though, have found ways to add romantic twists to their modern communication methods.
Send in the clowns
2012-08-23 09:08:42
When you have not one, but two special days for lovers in a year, you need to get really creative to surprise your beloved one.
Love never changes despite its appearance
2012-08-23 15:26:43
Qixi Festival, China's traditional Valentine's Day, falls on Thursday this year according to the lunar calendar. Here are some moments of love captured years ago and in modern times. No matter what it looks like, love never changes.
Perfectly wrong
2012-08-22 09:46:38
Repeated washing of hands, an obsession with closed doors or windows, anxiety about cleanliness.
You may not be Kobe Bryant but you're OK
2012-08-21 09:36:36
I walked into the schoolroom in Wuwei county, Anhui province, not having the slightest clue what to expect.
Now I know my A-B-C
2012-08-21 09:35:38
There is a rural village in Guangdong where even a 4-year-old can fluently respond to an English greeting.