Up close with art and artists

This is arguably China's largest art colony, attracting thousands of artists like bees to the honey pot. But Songzhuang is a quiet refuge as well, away from the hustle and crowds of the city's exhibition centers.

Seven days

Nov 21 / Beijing

Sport helping heal wounds

GUANGZHOU - Afghanistan's new generation of athletes want to use sport as a weapon against violence and prejudice.

Q & A >> Salim Al Jabri, Oman beach volleyball team official

It seems that you want to have a local mobile phone number. Have you got it? And how is the service at the telecommunications desk?

Birthdays

Athletes born on Nov 15

Medal hopes high for new events at the Asiad

From the press

Formidable China threatens to spike

From the blogs

Head coach of the Chinese synchronized swimming team

Around Guangzhou

ATTRACTIONS

HK pitch packs punch

Fok hopes bid will foster sports development and benefit people

Diving queen's 'king' looks to BMX success

Guangzhou - Kenneth Fok, deputy-head of Hong Kong's delegation at the Asian Games, is perhaps better known as the boyfriend of China's "diving queen," Guo Jingjing.

STYLE on film

ballet dancers jump, pirouette and return to ground with an elegant twist. The next minute, a man sits, needle in hand, sewing a leather bag. The eclectic frames are from the short video An Italian Dream, co-produced by the luxury label Tod's and the Teatro alla Scala (the Scala Theater). Directed by Matthias Zentner and choreographed by Gianluca Schiavoni, the film showcases the traditional culture of Italy.