Spring of the peony

Young artists aim to boost appeal of Peking Opera with veterans showing the way, Chen Nan reports.

Children learn more music as 'tiger moms' relax

After adjusting a stool to reach the grand piano in front of her, 8-year-old Wang Keyi takes a deep breath, sets her hands on the keyboard and starts to play the instrument. Swiftly and gracefully she performs to much applause from an audience in the thousands at the city's Ningbo Grand Theater.

Italian chefs celebrate cuisine with veal cutlet

If you are easily shocked, sit down before you read this: There are people in the world who do not use clarified butter to fry costoletta alla Milanese, or breaded veal cutlet.

Iron Maiden to hit China on April 24

Iron Maiden recently announced its debut in China as part of The Book of Souls World Tour this year.

Online series spark frenzy

They are low-budget productions, have no stars and are typically adapted from online novels. Yet they are massively popular with the youth. Deng Zhangyu reports.

Beijing's movie fans in for new experience

Cinema viewing in the Chinese capital is set to get better with more access to world-class technology.

DiCaprio's win gives boost to his Oscar dream

Where angels tread

At 33, Wu Chen, a researcher with a Beijing hospital, is the youngest recipient of an annual award for her study of genetics related to cancer, Liu Zhihua reports.

She allows flowers to express themselves

Flowers have faces. Faces show expression.

Naturalist urges interaction with world around us

As a naturalist and professor of the history of science at Peking University, Liu Huajie says his main task is to help his students get to know the beauty of nature.

New Chapter

Publishers look at the coming times to launch a number of books by Chinese writers for the English-speaking world, Mei Jia reports.

Travelog laced with history along the Heilongjiang

Dominic Ziegler says it was the love of wild places that led him on a journey along the Heilongjiang or Black Dragon River.