The Chinese pianist Lang Lang was in his hotel room in Rome on the phone to Lars Ulrich, drummer in the heavy metal band Metallica, when he made a promise.
Even if you do not follow in the ways of the Siddhartha, there is a lot people can learn from the tenets, language, and culture of Buddhism. Imported into China almost 2,000 years ago, there are 185 million Buddhists in China, and Buddhist vocabulary is deeply ingrained in the Chinese language.
"Known unto God" reads the inscription on a war grave in West Flanders. Below it lie the remains of a man who was among 2,000 Chinese laborers who died in World War I and who are buried in cemeteries across Belgium and France.
How can a person stand out in a country of 1.35 billion? One safe, inexpensive and relatively stress-free way is to choose an unusual English name.
Expat troubles are a new topic among directors in Chinese and European independent cinema. From the follies of Chinese living abroad and Americans living in China, there is a wealth of ridiculousness to be parodied, from linguistic high jinks through to any number of cultural faux pas.
For Hiroshi Tanaka, money can teach history. In his case a 1,000 yen ($10) note printed in 1963 was the window through which the professor emeritus at Tokyo's Hitotsubashi University saw for the first time a chapter in the deliberately darkened room of Japanese history.
In the secular world, such a concentration of brainpower would be worthy of a top-notch scientific institution.
First Person | Master Chanxing
This Huaiyang gastronomic delight hails from the Yangtze River Delta in Jiangsu province and is a bit more filling than your usual Chinese fare.
The winning of the top prize at a prestigious international film festival by a Chinese submission may speak as much about the state of Chinese cinema as the international perception of a certain body of Chinese work.
Lu Yan traveled back to Jilin province this Spring Festival as he always has - alone.
If you are still banging on about the xiaozi (小资, petty bourgeoisie), China's young middle class obsessed with their education and all things highbrow, then your knowledge of Chinese society is out of date by at least a decade.
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