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Battling stereotypes

[2015-07-09 08:42]

A new war epic aims to shake off the stereotypes of Chinese mainstream revolutionary films, according to its makers.

Zhang Yimou sues company for 15m yuan over distribution

[2015-07-09 08:42]

Chinese director Zhang Yimou has sued a production company that he has worked with for more than a decade, seeking 15 million yuan ($2.5 million) he says he is owed as his share of the distribution money of one of his movies.

Songs of place

[2015-07-08 07:56]

Wild Fire Music's tour showcases singer-songwriters inspired by the indigenous folk music of Taiwan, Chen Nan reports.

Thank God, it's Friday

[2015-07-08 07:56]

For music fans across the world, this Friday will mark the beginning of New Music Fridays, an aligned global release day for new music initiated by the London-based International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.

Harpsichord sounds from 1500s' Italy now playing in US

[2015-07-08 07:56]

A harpsichord that entertained the elites of Italy in the mid-1500s has been restored by a South Dakota museum and will soon bring its sound to 21st-century ears.

Camper, the way to go

[2015-07-08 07:56]

More Chinese are taking recreational vehicles to tourist spots both inside and outside the country, and industry insiders say the trend will only grow. Yang Feiyue reports. Yang Bei took her family touring half the world last June in a recreational vehicle.

Fall from grace

[2015-07-08 07:56]

Novelist Zhou Daxin's latest offering is about an imaginary Chinese official whose death triggers both tears and joy. Xing Yi reports.

Treachery keyin Gayle Lynds' new spy book

[2015-07-08 07:56]

Gayle Lynds proves she's a master of the modern cold-war spy thriller with her latest novel, The Assassins.

Zen to the rescue of modern society

[2015-07-08 07:56]

Sodargye, a well-known Tibetan Buddhist teacher, recently released a new book in Chinese.

Gone Girl author out with second twisted tale

[2015-07-08 07:56]

The desire for a child - an occasion that should be joyful - turns into a deadly obsession in the highly stylized A Necessary End. In the Gone Girl mode, author Holly Brown fashions her second novel around three unlikable but interesting people, making us care about the twists this domestic thriller takes.

Holding the roots

[2015-07-07 07:26]

Being the president of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute has hindered his art, yet it was a price Luo Zhongli was willing to pay.

Mushroom kingdom

[2015-07-07 07:26]

A troop of raincoat-clad foragers are tramping through a forest in deep mountains damp from a recent rain, their eyes searching the ground for any trace of summer's treasured treats - wild mushrooms.

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