Yan's works

Lenin's Kisses (2003)

Oral traditions now accessible with a click

A key value of passing down a culture by word of mouth is that it takes on so many different forms in the process, reflecting changes in people's mentality and social reality.

Charity Special: Students use DIY ingenuity to battle against AIDS

Though only a high school student from Western Academy of Beijing, Li Jianing is making headlines by using the power of entrepreneurship to raise money for HIV-positive children.

Wearable culture

When Chinese actor Liao Fan, winner of the Silver Bear for Best Actor in the film Black Coal, Thin Ice, walked the red carpet at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival on Feb 15, fashionistas praised his taste: He chose a formal black suit with a leather collar and matched it with a small brooch of two delicate peonies in white and purple.

Feel-good brand selling smiles

The Smiley Company, the owner of the smiling face image, is on the lookout to cooperate with Chinese designers and artists.

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Moderation trumps prejudice

Amid the shock and anger arising from the Kunming terrorist attack comes a new voice of rationality, a grassroots effort to separate the terrorists from the masses who reside in Xinjiang.

Researchers find birds of a unique feather

A small, perching bird whose habitat is mainly in China, surprisingly has a newly conspicuous place in the tree of life of birds. Researchers from five countries, including China, have discovered that the spotted wren-babbler (Spelaeornis formosus) belongs to a unique family of birds containing just one species.

Fish tale

Can a man create sushi so impressive that it's worth flying to Japan for lunch? Eric Jou packs a bag and finds out in Tokyo.

The duck's just the start of chef's broad Chinese menu

An odd thing happens when you order the Peking duck at Jing Yaa Tang: When the armada of plates arrives at the table, it's not the succulent meat that draws your eye first - it's the pancakes. They look almost fluffy, curling slightly at the edges. You know right away that you won't be struggling to pull them apart while that delicious meat gets cold.

Guangzhou savors old-fashioned Cantonese fare

When Pacific Place first opened in Hong Kong in the late 1980s, one of its most highly anticipated restaurants was Man Ho in JW Marriott Hotel. The characters Man Ho represent the name that Marriott goes by in Chinese, and naturally it was the five-star hotel's signature restaurant.

Wellness on the road

Keeping fit while traveling can be a problem if you want to travel light. But one hotel, at least, has solved the problem for its guests by pairing up with a sports brand. Xu Lin reports from Singapore.