100 days of madness for mangoes

2012-06-10 08:01:27

India arguably has only two seasons: monsoon season and mango season. Monsoon season replenishes India's soil. Mango season, some say, helps replenish India's soul.

Summer sweets

2012-06-11 10:06:38

Forget about decadent grape bunches dangling above the mouths of sybaritic Roman matrons. Pauline D. Loh gives you a buying guide to the best temptations of summer right here in China.

The Italian connection

2012-06-09 07:31:23

Gaia Gaja thinks Italian wines are perfect for the Chinese palate.

Singing magnet

2012-06-09 07:31:23

Placido Domingo from the operatic world offers his views on music from many cultures and reveals the secret to the longevity of his career.

Grand design

2012-06-08 12:40:42

Top Chinese product designer Jamy Yang says product designers are different from artists - What a designer does is more practical.

Home inspiration

2012-06-08 12:40:42

Manuela Parrino's apartment in downtown Beijing contains a bed from Indonesia, a bookshelf from Jerusalem, blue china and a large work of Chinese calligraphy. The collection might sound like a hotchpotch of color and material, but when viewed as a whole they come together into a harmonious setting. Brave, colorful, independent of trends and a mix of the ethnic and modern - that is exactly how the Italian interior designer defines her work.

Royal stitch

2012-06-01 11:16:29

Artist presents British monarch with valuable piece of her Chinese heritage.

Cheers!

2012-06-08 12:40:01

A few dedicated Chinese vintners are putting grown-in-China, made-in-China wines on the map, a bottle at a time.

Summer sweets

2012-06-09 07:31:23

Pauline D. Loh gives you a buying guide to the best temptations of summer right here in China.

Hot Dates

2012-06-08 12:40:01

Just as Brazil's mysterious acai berries once were to Western health fanatics, so are jujubes to China.

No world music without folk music

2012-06-08 09:54:35

Hungarians are proud of their music - and for good reason. The country has rich and diverse music traditions that are still very much alive today.

Visitors see and experience art, up close and personal

2012-06-08 09:33:27

Dong Zhuo jumps off from a giant 5-meter shelf like an acrobat, with paint brushes in his hands and colorful stains on his T-shirt.