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  • Two of a kind

    2013-02-01 08:00

    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 viewers' expectations of linear filmmaking

    2013-02-01 08:00

    Cloud Atlas, directed by Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer, is not the conventional Hollywood blockbuster Chinese audiences usually see in theaters.

  • Enigmatic entertainer

    2013-01-30 07:43

    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

    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 07:43

    Twenty hectares of arable land, tucked away in a mountain valley in Jiangxi province, may have a role to play in solving the worldwide food shortage.

  • UN panel takes aim at species loss

    2013-01-30 07:43

    A prominent Malaysian biologist on Saturday was named first chief of a UN scientific panel that aims to turn the world's spotlight on species loss, as a Nobel-winning counterpart has done for climate change.

  • Alive with color

    2013-01-30 07:43

    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

  • School gives symphonic concert

    2013-01-28 17:33

    Students and teachers from the Primary School attached to Chaoyang Normal College gave a symphonic concert Saturday afternoon at Peking University Hall.

  • Meet Barbie's much older Chinese sisters

    2013-01-28 14:17

    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

    Hong Kong's boom and space crunch yield inventive designs and urban planning.

  • Some things old, some things new

    2013-01-28 13:53

    While the traditional family structure and values have changed in recent decades, Liu Zhihua reports that some things never change.

  • Take the stairs, step into fitness

    2013-01-23 11:07

    I'm surprised there aren't more Chinese rugby players and wrestlers given the population's ability to push and shove every morning on the metro.

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  • Group a building block for Africa

    An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.
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