Singer-songwriter Jess Meider is happy that her musical adventures are once more taking her in a new direction, Christine Laskowski reports
Milla-Kariina Oja's latest exhibition explores the boundaries between our public and private spaces
Historically, very few Westerners in China have lived among ordinary Chinese people. In old China, most of them resided in exclusive foreign concessions and interacted only with their servants and Chinese officials. In new China, laowai were barred from renting private apartments up through the 1990s and thus led a bubble-like existence in special residential hotels.
As part of China Daily's aggressive strategy to boost its presence at home and abroad, METRO Beijing has just been relaunched with significantly more pages and reporting.
Laws in China are far from perfect in terms of guarding the interests of vulnerable groups.
Some publishers build buzz for titles, but numbers aren't exactly binding
A 1957 edition of Philosopher Zhang Dainian's An Outline of Chinese Philosophy is one of book collector Feng Kechen's favorites among his collection of secondhand books.
Playwright Shi Hang still gets a thrill when he finds hard-to-find books with provocative titles at street stalls - although the pirate copies are often too flawed to finish.
The American String Quartet is widely acclaimed as among the world's best quartets and stands out for its "luxurious, beautifully sculptured performances", as described by the New York Times.
World-renowned performance artist uses his unique camouflaging style to provoke public thought on life and the world. Wang Ru reports
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