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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.

A new palace museum

[2015-05-19 07:40]

A garden displaying unique plants from the Palace Museum, better known as the Forbidden City, will be part of the new branch of the museum that will be built in the outskirts of Beijing.

Forbidden City limits visitor numbers

[2015-05-19 07:40]

The Palace Museum in Beijing will cap the number of daily visitors allowed through the gates beginning on June 13.

Eating out up on the roof

[2015-05-19 07:40]

The weekend before last was a stinker in Beijing. Just as warm weather seemed here to stay, and the scent of full-bloom roses was massaging out senses, a freak cool front - usually welcome in the capital - stopped the al fresco set in its tracks.

Sweet sips of summer

[2015-05-19 07:40]

Who can resist a light, refreshing, perhaps fruity cocktail while dining al fresco?

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