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Guess who's coming to dinner?

[2015-08-07 08:32]

Yan Chengying rose at 4 am on a Saturday in July and kept herself busy through the day preparing a 14-dish dinner - not for her family or friends, but for eight strangers who had already paid for the food.

Spice island

[2015-08-07 08:32]

Indigenous plants of Sri Lanka have attracted traders - and food lovers - for centuries. Liu Zhihua sits down at a Beijing food festival to sample an Asian cuisine that's not well-known in China.

Festival highlights Yunnan cuisine

[2015-08-07 08:32]

Yunnan, the province that includes 25 ethnic minority groups, is China's gold mine of culinary diversity and tradition. The Four Seasons Restaurant of Minzu Hotel has brought together a team of professional chefs from the southeast province to give Beijing foodies a feast of the region's food through Aug 24.

Taming the green beast - and the baijiu beast

[2015-08-07 08:32]

In the funny way the world works, I was drinking absinthe every night during a recent trip to Switzerland, and was immediately invited to sip it again when I return to Beijing.

Box-office magnets

[2015-08-07 08:32]

Forbes' latest list of top-earning actors features Hollywood, Bollywood and Chow Yun-fat.

Old traders' temple is banker's opera venue

[2015-08-07 08:32]

Cheng Yuanna took a deep breath as she walked to the stage at Zhengyici Theater, believed to be the only preserved wooden theater of its kind in Beijing with more than three centuries of history.

Stage show will bring Steve Jobs back to life

[2015-08-07 08:32]

Since his death in 2011, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has been the subject of documentaries, books, a film and even a graphic novel.

Peter Pan returns to his roots in new flick

[2015-08-07 08:32]

How do you get a bunch of pint-size models to halt and turn at the end of a fashion runway?

White-collar war zone

[2015-08-06 07:47]

Hong Kong action filmmaker Johnnie To swaps gunfights for gossip, chase scenes for commutes and body counts for deadlines with Office. Xu Fan reports.

Mystery man reshapes Lady of the Dynasty film

[2015-08-06 07:47]

Everyone wants to know: Who's Shi Qing?

Jackie Chan wants to work with son Jaycee on album, movie

[2015-08-06 07:47]

Action star Jackie Chan said on Monday that he wants to work with his son Jaycee on a movie and an album as they mend their relationship after Jaycee was imprisoned on a drug charge.

Screen cycles

[2015-08-06 07:47]

Can a bicycling film break through China's traditional indifference to sports films? Hong Kong director Dante Lam tells Wang Kaihao why he believes so.

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