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Reflect

The days stretched to weeks, and emotions ran high. The relatives and friends of the missing plane housed at the Metropark Lido Hotel were fraught with distress, frustrated by the lack of news and tempers were frayed.

Heading back to Shangri-La

[2014-03-22 07:41]

Profile | Ester P. Marcaida

Hotel roundup

[2014-03-22 07:41]

Celebrity Guest

Double take

[2014-03-21 08:45]

Anton Chekhov enjoys a very unique place among China's theatergoers. There are frequent stagings of his plays, including his shorter, not-so-famous ones. But it would be an exaggeration to say his popularity in the Middle Kingdom is on par with, say, Shakespeare, let alone China's own inimitable playwrights, such as Lao She and Cao Yu. But Stan Lai seems to be on a mission to change that. The Taiwan impresario, a renowned playwright and stage director in his own right, has just produced a double bill-Carol Rocamora's I Take Your Hand in Mine and Chekhov's The Seagull in Beijing. The former starts at 4 pm and, after a dinner break, the second play is performed. The three-day Beijing run has just ended, and now the show will embark upon a nationwide tour.

King of the selfie with celebrities records life of fame and glamour

[2014-03-21 08:45]

When a picture of a group of celebrities taking a selfie at the Oscars went viral on social media, Jean Pigozzi was less than impressed-he has taken pictures of himself with celebrities across the globe since 1972.

Zhang Ling sings red-hot blues

[2014-03-21 08:45]

Zhang Ling was one of the first Chinese musicians to play the blues. Twenty years ago, he formed China's first blues band, The Rhythm Dogs, and has been playing bass for Cui Jian, China's godfather of rock 'n' roll, for 10 years. He has also recorded with big-name Chinese singers like Faye Wong, Liu Huan and Li Yuchun. His bar, CD Blues, is a driving force in the capital's alternative music scene.

Two men tell their stories onstage

[2014-03-21 08:45]

Tian Haojiang, the Beijing-born and New York-based opera star, developed his keen interest in drama through the Taiwan classic The Village, which resonates with his complicated feelings as a traveler away from home. The nostalgic play tells a decades-long history of three Kuomintang soldier families who are exposed to the vicissitudes of life in a constantly complex discussion about going home to the Chinese mainland.