As she tours the country to promote her latest novel, Ling Yang in the South, Di An is getting used to seeing lines of fans waiting for her to sign their copies of her book. It wasn't long ago that the Beijing-based author, 31, was nervous on such occasions.
"I am an ALS patient, and I can only move my head. I type with my eyes - six characters per minute. In the past 10 months, I wrote an autobiography, and I would like to publish it. I want to use the earnings to buy respirators for other ALS patients who cannot afford it and are waiting for death. Could you help me to realize my dream?"
It's elementary, really. With all things Sherlock Holmes popular now, it's no wonder that he's coming to Broadway next.
Beijing's best-known cocktail maker is in the middle of a photo shoot, and it's not producing the drama that the photographer hoped for.
Nothing makes New Year's Eve sparkle like a bit of the bubbly, and China has jumped onto the bandwagon in a big way.
A glut of luxury hotels in China means that the holidays' best parties don't always sell out ahead of time. A few to consider:
The Founding Ceremony of China has been considered among the country's key historical artworks since it was painted by late artist Dong Xiwen in 1952.
You will soon be able to see parts of Cambodia's landmark Angkor Wat temple in Beijing.
The rehearsal starts with a few repeating notes from a keyboard, followed by the distinctive sounds of the pipa (a four-stringed Chinese instrument). Then come the guitar riffs and drum beats.
Rao Xiaozhi will never forget a news story he read online in 2010, about a bus driver in Italy transporting three patients to a psychiatric hospital. When the driver stopped to get some drinks, the patients escaped. Afraid that he would lose his job, the driver grabbed three people from the street and took them to the hospital.
In bed asleep, eating, in her underwear or even displaying her scars after weight-loss surgery, photographer Jen Davis has always been as comfortable in front of the camera as she is behind it.
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