People - Chinadaily.com.cn

People

Mining the depths of loss, faith and mortality

[2014-09-17 08:43]

Lord of the Torrent, King of the Sudden Impulse, Emperor of the Impetuous, Clown of God.

War of Words

[2014-09-17 08:43]

The recent death of respected translator Sun Zhongxun has prompted online discussion about pay for literary translation in China. Some Chinese social media users have asked if Sun was paid enough by publishing houses to sustain a decent life.

Crowdsourcing boosts translation works

[2014-09-17 08:43]

An ambitious digital venture is underway at the office of Internet company Yeeyan.org in Sihui East, Beijing's eastern suburb.

Karl Ove Knausgaard describes his 'struggle'

[2014-09-17 08:43]

Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard won critical praise for his first two novels, one of which was a highly inventive tale of human encounters with angels.

Vanguard diary

[2014-09-17 08:43]

There's one person who knew Keith Richards would become Keith Richards: his grandfather.

IN BRIEF (Page 22)

[2014-09-17 08:43]

A painting and photo album depicts the Tibetan-inhabited township of Chali in Aba county in southwestern China's Sichuan province.

Into the deep

[2014-09-16 09:10]

China's first underwater archaeological vessel, China Archeology No 1, made its maiden voyage on Sept 4 in Qingdao, Shandong province. The vessel will explore the country's 18,000-kilometer-long coastline in search of sunken cultural relics and shipwrecks.

Ancient shipwrecks in Chinese waters

[2014-09-16 09:10]

The wreckage of this ship, about 30-meters long and 9-meter wide, from the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) that sank near Yangjiang in Guangdong province was first found in 1987. But archeological investigations into one of the country's biggest ancient shipwrecks only began in 2007.

Science to the rescue of art

[2014-09-16 09:10]

Vincent van Gogh's Sun-flowers are losing their yellow cheer and the unsettling apricot horizon in Edvard Munch's The Scream is turning a dull ivory.

Flying Frieze

[2014-09-16 09:10]

Matthew Slotover couldn't conceal his weariness due to jet lag on an evening in August. The founder of the London-based art magazine Frieze was attending a party hosted by Zhang Rui, a Beijing businessman and art collector, at his villa in northern Beijing.

'Competitive' art fairs

[2014-09-16 09:10]

Based in London, Frieze was first published in 1991, and it publishes eight issues a year, introducing developments in the world of contemporary art and culture. Following the magazine's success, Frieze Art Fair in London was launched in 2003, focusing on contemporary art and living artists. It is held in October at the Regent's Park.

Art beat ... finger on the pulse

[2014-09-16 09:10]

Contemporary art exhibition Synaesthesia is teaming up with some 27 young artists from across the Straits. Curators said the theme reveals the experimental spirit and seriousness about art among artists from different cultural and social backgrounds. The works draw attention to social realities and artistic languages.