New Cannes jury to decide on May awards

Under the mango tree

Times are changing for 'lifestyle restaurant' and global brand Mango Tree. Matt Hodges visits the mothership in Bangkok as the company gets ready to open on the Chinese mainland.

Spanish chef seeks the essentials in food

Alain Devahive Tolosa is a master of molecular cuisine. The Catalan chef deconstructs and recreates ingredients like he did during his 15 years at El Bulli, which was often touted as the best restaurant in the world in its heyday. Devahive is in Tianjin through Sunday, his last stop in China after taking his Asia road show for Ritz-Carlton hotels to Shanghai and Beijing earlier this month. China Daily caught up with him in the capital last week.

A Reading Nation

As World Book Day, April 23, approaches, various reading events are being held by government agencies, libraries and bookstores throughout the capital.

Young author tells readers to 'run like a dog'

Young writer Li Zelin is so popular that his fans traveled from cities outside of Beijing, such as Baoding in Hebei province, just to be able to speak with him in person. A crowd of 150 people, mostly college students, attended an event on April 12 in the capital hosted by his publisher, Guangxi Science and Technology Publishing House.

Party drug at center of Beauman's new novel

Since his 2010 debut, novelist Ned Beauman, 29, has established a reputation for clever plots replete with memorable characters, vivid prose and some odd medical conditions.

Photos and text offer insights into Xinjiang region

In the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in northwestern China, wolves use their two rear legs to grab their tails and urinate on them.

May day is play day

May Day holiday travel is expected to be more than twice that of the recent April 4-6 Tomb Sweeping Day. Floods of visitors will land in Japan and South Korea, for example, because of favorable visa policies and a stronger yuan, a report by major Chinese online travel company Ctrip says.

Visit to Las Vegas now more than a mere roll of the dice

Remember when a visit to Las Vegas was all about gambling? Massive, windowless casinos with air-conditioning and free drinks kept guests oblivious to the passage of time while they sat at slot machines and card tables for hours on end.

Ambitions to be top movie event

Industry players agree that the organizers' plan to hit the big time in three to five years is possible. Xu Fan reports.

Wolf Totem among nominees for top awards

All eyes are now set on the winner's list for the 5th Beijing International Film Festival that opened to a grand start last week.

Nature's visionary artist

Huang Binhong's landscape style is affectionately called "a lump of thick, dark ink", but his paintings do feature a variety of colors.