Canadian rocker comes to capital

Tea with heart

Yu Ning believes that handmade tea can store memories between people and nature.

Oooo, ahhh, it's time for food porn

Social media has changed the way we eat. The first thing many of us do when the platters are laid on the table is whip out our smartphones and start taking photographs.

New Bronze age

A very rare Chinese bronze owl-headed ritual wine vessel dating to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (771-221 BC) will be auctioned at Sotheby's on March 18.

Bowls hold historic journey

The US State Department in Foggy Bottom may look like just another boring office building, yet few people realize that inside, 42 rooms on the seventh and eighth floors have been transformed into the style of early American houses and are used by the president, vice-president and secretary of state to receive foreign officials in homespun elegance and style.

Malacca interlude

For centuries, this port city has attracted sailors, traders and adventurers of every race and creed. Pu Zhendong soaks up the history, the lore and the culture today.

Challenge of diaspora dream

Taiwan writer and public intellectual Lung Ying-tai once proposed the concept of a "southern vision" in an attempt to bridge the divides in the politically fragmented Chinese-speaking world.

Do-it-yourself air

When Beijing was hit with horrific bad smog in early 2013, one group of friends saw past the fog to a bright spark of opportunity - creating and selling homemade air filter kits. Eric Jou has the story.

Not quite a royal flush

We entered the courtyard, with its tiny garden area and quaint decorations, and we instantly fell in love with the place.

Foreign TV shows make big impact on small screen

Wang Dong is so infatuated by My Love from the Star, a smash hit TV drama from South Korea, that the 24-year-old finds waiting a week for two new episodes torture.

Dance to the fading drumbeat

Another centuries-old tradition is at risk of losing its luster. Wang Kaihao traces the dying art of naoge, a unique pageantry.

Peeking through time

When a more than 2,100-year-old corpse was unearthed from a tomb in Jingzhou, Hubei province, his skin was moist and flexible. All his limbs could move. His blood vessels were clear to see as if he had only just died.