Free art museums draw crowds
2011-03-11 14:47:17
People has been lining up to get into art museums since a policy of free admissions was initiated recently.
Hong Kong to hold flower show
2011-03-11 10:38:32
The Hong Kong Flower Show 2011 will be held at Victoria Park from March 11 to March 20.
"No one named van Gogh in my village"
2011-03-11 10:34:38
She began painting after making a pen and ink sketch of her a small village to explain to her granddaughter what one looked like.
Embroidery on Xuan paper
2011-03-11 10:37:04
Xuan paper is especially good for traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy.
Hui opera's future in mist
2011-03-11 10:35:52
The long history of Chinese opera has given risen to numerous regional branches.
Fiction as truth
2011-03-11 10:42:04
When Jessica Rudd wrote Campaign Ruby, she never thought that work of imagination would play out in real life.
U.K. to set up more Confucius Institutes
2011-03-10 09:55:12
U.K. authorities are considering whether to set up more Confucius Institutes in the country in the following years.
Hitting the right note
2011-03-11 10:30:55
Chinese virtuoso violinist's distinctive style turns heads in London.
Suzhou handicraft shown in Beijing
2011-03-10 09:49:46
Reading China
2011-03-11 08:07:50
"China is becoming everybody's business," says Douglas Kerr, professor of English at Hong Kong University.
The history of Chinese imperial food
2011-03-10 14:12:35
Chinese imperial food dates back to slave society.
Nvshu (women's writing): the only existent gender script
2011-03-08 11:23:59
Nvshu is passed on from the older generation of the family, via private schools, getang (a singing activity), or self-learning. As almost every local woman knows how to sing Nvshu songs, self-learning is very easy.