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  • His art speaks a new language

    2016-02-26 08:59

    Liu Shuyong is a university professor specializing in Chinese language and literature.

  • Sailing together into the big league

    2016-02-26 08:59

    Klaus Filter's romance with China began more than two decades ago, thanks to a dispute.

  • The Golden Triangle's time to shine

    2016-02-26 08:59

    The Yangtze River Delta's Golden Triangle is set to sparkle brighter and linger in foreign travelers' imaginations.

  • Mandarin translators taking on Bard's many works

    2016-02-26 08:59

    The complete works of William Shakespeare are being translated into Mandarin as part of an initiative to boost cultural understanding between China and the United Kingdom.

  • 'Oldest warrior' defends heritage

    2016-02-26 08:59

    As a former child apprentice who is now a nationally recognized master, Guo Taiyun has seen firsthand the ups and downs of the centuries-old craft of Kaifeng woodblock printing.

  • Love isn't blind

    2016-02-26 08:59

    Facts and fiction tend to mingle, sometimes to such a seamless degree that you never know where one ends and the other starts. If an outrageous story breaks on April 1 or is reported in The Onion, you'll interpret it as a satirical take on a real news event or some social phenomenon.

  • Beijing-style veggie meatballs

    2016-02-26 08:59

    Occasionally, new visitors make the mistake of thinking Chinese aren't devout carnivores. After all, China has a pretty long history of Buddhism.

  • Swinging into the future

    2016-02-05 08:07

    During an interview, he pauses to mimic a monkey's facial expressions.

  • An eastern renaissance of art in food

    2016-02-05 08:07

    This is where musicians, poets and princes used to frolic, enjoying the picturesque scenery as much as the company of their favorite courtesans.

  • Artist shares Peony's secrets

    2016-02-05 08:07

    Jiang Hongsheng claims he has "a secret that can make people fall for traditional Chinese art at the very first sight".

  • Loud whispers

    2016-02-05 08:07

    With the world's largest known collection of contemporary Chinese art in his possession, Swiss collector Uli Sigg is ready to hold his second comprehensive show since 2005, offering Western audiences an insight into China's art scene over the last decade. Sigg has collected more than 2,200 pieces of Chinese art.

  • Art show that has room for sarcasm

    2016-02-05 08:07

    Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset are a Scandinavian artist duo who have gained global acclaims for a series of works that blend architecture, art and design to explore and redefine space and its numerous possibilities of definition and function.

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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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