China Daily is thankful. And its staff loves good food. So its editors celebrated that for which it's grateful at a feast last Thursday at Beijing's Temple restaurant with about 70 food and beverage providers, hoteliers and gourmands.
Rosewood Hotels and Resorts announced that Rosewood Beijing will open in the spring of 2014 as its first property in China, launching the group's ambitious expansion plans in Asia.
Singapore is turning into an art carnival until next February with the return of Singapore Biennale 2013 - the country's top platform for international dialogue in contemporary art.
Zhu Jia takes a noticeable pause before answering every question - apparently his brain works faster than everything else.
Notes slide off the harp like a rippling river. Long tunes on the flute take the listeners into a quiet night. The images of a crescent moon, a curvy bridge and a small boat swaying gently on the river become vivid when melodies swing over the strings.
On a rainy weekday evening, Wang Haichao, producer of the play Rhinoceros in Love, greeted audiences at the entrance of the Asia Society theater in Manhattan as cast members waited to go on stage.
'In Uttar Pradesh, India, land provides the primary source of income for most residents. Exponential population growth, property shortages, and repeated subdivision have heightened competition for land. Records officials are frequently bribed to have living people declared dead in order to redirect the hereditary transfer of land to new owners. These bribes commonly range from 45 to 2,250 INR ($1-50)."
While many Chinese overseas artists are switching to other more lucrative fields, Huang Shanye, a painter of the Zhuang ethnic group, stands out as an exception. His art has gradually earned him fame over the course of his more than 20 years in the United States. He was even able to leave behind his steady job as an art teacher and fully devote himself to what he describes as a pursuit of beauty.
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