If you love classical music, you will love Beijing in autumn. Every year when all the leaves are brown and the sky is clear, enchanting melodies fly in the brisk air at the Beijing Music Festival (BMF).
Julian Schnabel's plate paintings reveal not only a dialogue with the artist, but also a chapter of art history. The artist paints large-scale portraits of women on surfaces covered by broken plates and smashed crockery.
The world was unprepared for the moment in May 1962, when Marilyn Monroe jumped in the swimming pool in a flesh-colored bikini and came out of the water au natural - she was all smiles and in her element: the sex goddess, posing for eternity. Lawrence Schiller captured the moment in the right place at the right time.
Hong Kong novelist Louis Cha (also known as Jin Yong, or Cha Leung Yung) is extremely popular among Chinese readers of different age groups.
LONDON: Derick McGroarty stared in astonishment at a 2,200-year-old, life-size standing terracotta soldier. "It's fabulous to see them face to face," says McGroarty at the The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army exhibition that opened at the British Museum in London, yesterday.
Qinshihuang, First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC), is a crucial figure in China's long history. In 221 BC he conquered the warring kingdoms to create an empire.
The British Museum has recently undertaken an extensive program of collaboration with museums in China, building on a network of existing curatorial relationships.
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