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[2015-05-21 07:44]

Many Korean side dishes (banchan) get their flavor (and preservation) from fermentation. They have a tangy, salty, and spicy taste.

Eat Beat

[2015-05-21 07:44]

A day of wines

Shrimp fajitas

[2015-05-21 07:44]

Fiesta Tex-Mex, newly opened among Beijing's under-the-sidewalk shops along Xindong Lu, is a triumph of low expectations. That sounds like damning with faint praise, but Tex-Mex is best when it's unpretentious, especially alongside a Corona or a big margarita. Fiesta has a family-friendly sports bar kind of vibe, and the shrimp fajitas - served smoking hot on a sizzling iron platter - are big and tender, with two nice flour tortillas. The joint may not feel quite like Austin or Laredo, but it's just the ticket for a casual afternoon meal.

Story of a century

[2015-05-20 07:54]

Juliana Young Koo was born in 1905 in Tianjin, China, and now lives in New York City.

An insider's account of how high-speed rail developed in China

[2015-05-20 07:54]

By the end of 2014, the length of functioning high-speed railway lines in China exceeded more than 16,000 kilometers, more than anywhere else in the world.

Columnist's full book has wit and some advice

[2015-05-20 07:54]

In his compilation of articles from his Wall Street Journal column, "Ask Ariely", Dan Ariely wraps in a clever bow all the questions we've ever wanted answered concerning the behavioral intricacies that dictate the decisions we make.

The friends of soong

[2015-05-20 07:54]

Stephen Soong was a literary critic and translator who befriended the great writers of his generation. His son has now coauthored a book about his extraordinary life. Liu Zhihua reports.

Yangliuqing woodblock prints captured between covers

[2015-05-20 07:54]

Yangliuqing woodblock prints are famous thanks to their popularity as decorations in Chinese households during the Lunar New Year.

In new Spenser thriller: Kids are OK, judges aren't

[2015-05-20 07:54]

When a teenager's innocent social media prank turns into a punishing trip behind bars, the Boston private eye Spenser begins a probe that stretches from freezing, blustery New England all the way to a sunny Florida marina.

Storyteller of Pingtan

[2015-05-19 07:40]

At 17, Gao Bowen started to learn Pingtan, an ancient Chinese art form of singing and storytelling originated from Suzhou, Jiangsu province, with a history of more than 400 years.

Theater opens with homage to Shi Guangnan

[2015-05-19 07:40]

Chinese opera Mulan Psalm, staged at Chongqing's Shi Guangnan Grand Theater on May 10, paid homage to Shi Guangnan (1940-90), one of modern China's most popular composers, on the 75th anniversary of his birth.

US-Cuba relations in new symphony as Minnesota Orchestra plays

[2015-05-19 07:40]

The Minnesota Orchestra played to a sold-out house on Friday night in the first performance in Cuba by a full professional US orchestra since 1999, coming just months after the two Cold War rivals announced a thaw in relations.

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