An encounter with two foreign college students at Hangzhou city's West Lake sparked Pan Yimei's interest in becoming a tour guide.
Some people collect paintings, others, sculptures and antique furniture. But Qin Tongqian does more - he buys entire houses, mostly homes built in ancient China.
China Remix, a documentary that spotlights blossoming Sino-African cultural ties, was screened in Nairobi last week.
From Salvador Dali's turn on What's My Line? to a dreamy, cherry-topped ice cream sundae thought up by Andy Warhol for a restaurant commercial, modern art indelibly influenced early television.
The 10th edition of Art Beijing concluded on Sunday, celebrating a decade of serving as a launching pad for emerging artists and young collectors.
With prices for top-tier works of art at an all-time high, records for paintings and sculpture appear certain to fall at upcoming spring auctions in New York by Christie's and Sotheby's.
My personal bucket list, the tally of things I'm determined to do before I die, features a surprising amount of glassware and train travel. There is that meandering journey through the wine country of France (many tasting stops, please). And then there's the Tequila Train.
Smile Asia Week will be celebrated at Ritz-Carlton hotels through May 10, with proceeds from a special cake going to support partners of Operation Smile for the second year running. The international medical charity provides treatment for children with cleft lips and palates. On the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, and Singapore, the RC pastry chefs will offer a Valhrona chocolate and banana cake (one pound, 288 yuan). Some hotels will offer related exhibitions and programs for kids. About 13,000 cakes were sold through the campaign last year, raising $400,000 for young smiles.
Do US audiences get Chinese jokes? Do they have to read a 1,600-year-old Chinese classic novel and learn about the Chinese Civil War (1945-49) to fully grasp the nuances of a Chinese play?
The International Women's Festival was held in Beijing on April 11 at the National Center for the Performing Arts.
For more than two decades, Chen Wei has devoted a lot of her time to Chinese opera.
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