A good piece of lamb has always been a great temptation, especially in the cold seasons of Beijing. Quite a few good dishes of this kind command respect in the capital city - boiled goat in bronze pot at Inner Mongolia restaurant 99 Yurt, grilled sheep leg at Big Bear Roast Leg of Lamb restaurant, and grilled Australian rack of lamb prepared by Chinese chef Fu Yang at My Humble House in Parkview Green.
The graffiti-laced hoarding at the top of the Kowloon MTR station escalators was the first thing that caught my eye. I use these escalators to get to Elements in West Kowloon a lot, and renovations announcing a second branch of The Night Market piqued my interest.
"Stinky No 9" would be proud.
Two years after opening in this fabled city, the Yangzhou Shangri-La Hotel is already well known among taxi drivers. Every single cabbie knew exactly where the hotel is located and brought us to its doors quickly. It speaks volumes about the hotel's quick integration into the local awareness.
If you are organizing a weekend trip to the Huairou district of Beijing, there is now another good choice for one or two nights' stay.
Jike Junyi became famous overnight, thanks to reality talent show The Voice of China. The 25-year-old who hails from a small mountain village of the Yi ethnic group from Sichuan province won third place in the first season of the show in the summer of 2012. Her performance of a remix of a folk song from her hometown, Don't be Afraid, in the Yi language and US soul musician James Brown's I Feel Good, captivated not only the four judges but also won the hearts of new fans.
Chinese-American playwright David Henry Hwang had been toying with the idea of a theatrical ode to Hong Kong-bred martial arts star Bruce Lee for almost two decades before the debut of his latest work.
Director Tian Qinxin will return to the Hong Kong Arts Festival with a tribute to William Shakespeare. Her last offering at the festival was Green Snake, an adaptation of Hong Kong novelist and playwright Lilian Lee's novel of the same name, based on well-known Chinese folklore.
A month after winning two Grammy awards for song of the year and best pop solo performance for her first single Royals, 16-year-old Ella Yelich-O'Connor, who performs as Lorde, has released her album, Pure Heroine, in China.
For the 35th anniversary of the United States and China establishing diplomatic ties, and in celebration of the opening of its Shanghai campus, New York University is celebrating China by spotlighting the country's performance arts in the school's annual Visions + Voices program.
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