President Xi Jinping reiterated his love of reading, especially classic novels, at an Oct 15 literature and arts symposium in Beijing.
Although faced with competition from the electronic invasion, printed travel guidebooks are popular in China owing to the boom in tourism, Xing Yi reports.
Printed guides from professional writers and editors might have been the go-to choice for tourists in the past, but crowdsourced electronic guides, powered by the imagination of thousands of avid travelers, are changing all that.
China, the world's second-biggest book market after the United States, has long been a consumer of works from other countries. Now it is making a push to export its own literature abroad, helped by the e-book revolution.
A veteran German publisher shares his enthusiasm for China and his encounters with Deng Xiaoping, Liu Wei reports.
From starring in two popular TV series, hosting award shows and appearing on Broadway, Neil Patrick Harris has many experiences to fill a book.
The second installment of Ian Bell's two-part biography of Bob Dylan, Time Out of Mind, is a compelling, focused examination of the latter half of the elusive singer-songwriter's life and career, starting off with his acclaimed Blood on the Tracks album in 1975 and bringing readers close to the present day.
More than 1,600 aluminum sculptures of sunflowers, as high as 6 meters, stand in a square near the entrance to the National Museum of China.
Perusing a collection of unpublished works by the artist Wang Guangyi in a place like Ravello, the most peaceful and charming resort on Italy's Amalfi coast, is a fascinating experience.
While on an electric-car ride through the alleys of ancient Qingzhou city in eastern China's Shandong province, I became a time-traveler - enjoying folk music, dance shows and traditional handicraft.
When the mysterious people of China's Sanxingdui packed up and moved away 3,000 years ago, they left behind no written language and no indication of who they were, where they were going or why.
Art professor Sheryl Oring sits at a desk outside the Berlin Wall Memorial, clacking away at a typewriter like a secretary, with thick-rimmed glasses perched on the end of her nose.
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