Violinist Ning Feng once saw a ranking of the world's 100 best romantic movies, which listed Charlie Chaplin's romantic comedy City Lights at the very top - ahead of The Bridges of Madison County and Titanic.
It has been more than three decades since the death of Zhang Da-qian (Chang Dai-chien, 1899-1983), but interest in his work has intensified, with auction prices of his masterpieces skyrocketing in recent years.
In transit at a Chengdu train station in 1996, the photographer Colette Fu, then an English teacher traveling around China, spotted a group of Yi people wearing capes that marked their heritage.
Xu Beihong, Lin Fengmian, Sanyu (Chang Yu) and Wu Guanzhong, are the names that not only represent the development of Chinese oil painting spanning over a century, but also bear witness to a splendid era of the Sino-French artistic exchanges.
Zhang Yinghui's 13-year-old elder son Marco has an unusual complaint. He wants to know why he has not gotten sick like the other children.
Nothing brings home differences more effectively than the celebration of tradition, and nothing gets more traditional than the ongoing celebration of the Lunar New Year in China, with still a week to go.
Gaining "face" for face-loving Chinese no longer means merely carrying a Louis Vuitton bag, driving a brand-new Ferrari or getting the latest iPhone.
Chinese bargain-hunters spent a record amount with domestic Internet retailers during last year's Double 11 sales, but they are eyeing a new marketplace overseas.
China's luxury goods market has slowed from 7 percent growth in 2012 to 2 percent in 2013, with expectations of similarly slow growth in 2014.
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