A 90-second trailer of an upcoming animated film has given a sneak peek at what promises to be a landmark piece of Chinese cinema.
Mediterranean fare enriched by centuries of seafaring comes to life at Sepa, Mike Peters reports in Hong Kong.
"I wish time to pass slowly so that I can enjoy more of the food and culture here in Chengdu," says Raymond Greene, the new US consul general in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province.
With online literature websites and mobile applications flourishing in China, a wide genre of fiction is readily available for readers.
A playful picture book about a little girl named Heather and her two happy mommies was a cultural and legal flashpoint 25 years ago, angering conservatives over the morality of same-sex parenting and landing libraries at the center of community battles over placement in the children's stacks.
James Bond is a British icon, but the fictional spy hero really was born in Jamaica, just as the Caribbean island gained its independence from the waning British empire.
The coming weeks are a feast for literature lovers in China as the annual Bookworm Literary Festival is held in eight cities across the country through March 29.
I'm from Dublin, Ireland, and after I graduated from university in 1992, I worked as a journalist for various newspapers and magazines in Central Europe and Africa. I moved to Hong Kong in 2000, and worked there as the foreign editor for a local newspaper, The Standard.
Novelist Ruth Ozeki's spiritual companion is a Zen master named Dogen. Dead for nearly 800 years, when you listen to Ozeki, you know he's there.
Antarctica is perhaps the closest travelers can come to experiencing an alien planet.
More Chinese are realizing the shining side of Spring Festival's Golden Week's exorbitant travel costs - the following two months are a gilded age for budget excursions.
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