Crafting a revival
2011-02-09 08:16:44
Shu brocade is a 2,000-year-old art form that faces challenges, although its practitioners are trying to adapt to the times.
Hopping on the band wagon
2011-02-04 13:52:15
The start of the Year of the Rabbit on Thursday is getting Western designers all excited about using the bunny theme.
Festival fun
2011-02-04 13:52:15
Spring Festival habits are changing with the times, but core values stay the same.
A life-changing day
2011-02-04 13:52:15
More than 30 years after Roberta Lipson arrived in a city of somber colors and camels on main streets, she's still here in Beijing - and loving it.
From Casablanca to Chinese capital
2011-02-04 13:52:15
The year is 1937 and washed-up American singer John Ramsey has just arrived for a one-month stint as a lounge singer in Beijing.
Lounge lizards in the city
2011-02-04 13:52:15
Covers of Brown Eyed Girl are, admittedly, not for everyone. Fret not, Beijing's lounge and bar scene is teeming with top shelf jazz and soul crooners backed by heady, talented bands.
The snow business
2011-02-04 13:52:15
Skiing only caught on for ordinary Chinese in the mid-1990s in the country's north and northeast, but has since blossomed into a pastime that can be practised nationwide.
Warm welcome despite freezing temperatures
2011-02-04 13:52:15
When visitors wander along Harbin's bustling Central Avenue, they are treated to the sight of marvelous European architecture that bears the record of the city's thriving history.
A life etched in lines
2011-01-31 07:52:17
The custom of tattooing faces among Derung women is fading as modernization washes over their lives. Cheng Anqi reports.
Welcoming the rabbit
2011-01-28 13:20:07
Our far-flung writers show how the New Year is celebrated in Australia, India, Malaysia, Australia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam.
New Year to go off with a bang for expats
2011-01-27 07:11:55
It's freezing outside. The roads are empty. Air and rail tickets are sold out. Your Chinese colleagues and friends have withdrawn into their shells to watch the CCTV gala and are snuggling up to their dear ones, or gone home to enjoy piping hot dumplings.
Old goals, new paths
2011-01-27 07:11:55
The nation's opening-up and rapid urbanization have not just enriched people's lives but also created many new professional paths.