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Show about foreign taxi driver sure to be winner

[2010-11-22 07:50]

Sometimes, what seem to be the strangest ideas turn out to be the most brilliant. Dutchman Perry Knoppert has clearly hit on one such idea. His plan, as reported last week, is to get behind the wheel of a Beijing taxi for two hours a day for the next two months, despite his self-professed halting Chinese language skills and limited knowledge of the city. Then he will film his interactions with passengers using six cameras and then use the results to make an online show.

Condensed Beijing crammed full of life

[2010-11-22 07:50]

Like many long-term expatriates living in Beijing, I make one trip every year back home to visit my family. And like anyone who has been in China for a long time - in my case for nearly five years - I now have very mixed feelings about these visits.

Around Beijing

[2010-11-22 07:50]

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Australian artists swap digital skills with locals

[2010-11-22 07:50]

Recent workshop is platform for trade in new media industry

Swedish simplicity with an Asian edge

[2010-11-22 07:50]

Clean lines and minimalist styling go head to head with Chinese retro pieces in the home of a seasoned Swedish designer, Alexandra Leyton Espinoza discovers

What's on

[2010-11-22 07:50]

Exhibits

Pride of China

[2010-11-21 09:06]

High rent, predatory competitors and a relatively uninformed consumer crowd would discourage most tender new entrants to the fashion business. Not so for a handful of new Chinese designers, who are upending conventional notions of Chinese design, making rapid commercial success and turning from unknown to renowned in a short time.

Wang Leehom goes green

[2010-11-21 09:06]

How do you make a pop concert eco-friendly? Mandopop star Wang Leehom has some big ideas.

China's judo drought finally ends

[2010-11-17 08:04]

GUANGZHOU - After three days of disappointment, China's judo team finally struck gold on the last day of the competition at the Asiad, thanks to the women's judoka.

Women 'aiming to shock'

[2010-11-17 08:04]

GUANGZHOU - The Chinese women's sepak takraw team suffered a tough opening to its Asian Games campaign on Tuesday, but morale is still high in the young squad's camp.

Afghanistan hoops dream shattered

[2010-11-17 08:04]

S Asian champ beaten but unbowed

Masters-bound Matsuyama ready to crash ROK party

[2010-11-17 08:04]

GUANGZHOU - Japan's Masters-bound Hideki Matsuyama threatens the Republic of Korea's (ROK) bid to retain all four golf titles at the Asian Games.

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