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Piecing together rendered realities

[2015-07-22 07:55]

Jean-Francois Rauzier creates pictures using pictures.

Dead cities' new lives

[2015-07-22 07:55]

The Easter Bunny shows how the reincarnation of Turpan's ghost towns as international attractions evoke multiculturalism's merits, which propelled their prominence - and the perils of intolerance, which forced their falls. Erik Nilsson meets the magic rabbit in a murdered settlement.

Where ganja-toking wizard mummies occupy 'high' places

[2015-07-22 07:55]

Turpan is where pot-puffing warlock corpses gaze back at us through millennia.

Merit matters

[2015-07-22 07:55]

A Canadian professor at Tsinghua University argues why China's political system works. Andrew Moody reports.

Journal opens new page for literature

[2015-07-22 07:55]

There are numerous literary journals in the English-speaking world, but those that specialize in the translation of Chinese literature - and contemporary Chinese literature in particular-are rare.

Harper Lee novel raises eyebrows and sells a million

[2015-07-22 07:55]

Critics dismissed it as a rough draft for To Kill a Mockingbird and readers despaired over an aging, racist Atticus Finch.

Coloring books for adults become the new black

[2015-07-22 07:55]

Coloring books once thought to belong only to children are now being used by adults, at least to release stress and for showcasing on social media.

Special glue that holds people

[2015-07-21 07:43]

In a 450-year-old ancestral temple in a village in East China's Jiangxi province, as dusk falls, a group of women begins what has become a daily ritual.

Tour aims to make art easy for uninitiated

[2015-07-21 07:43]

Daunted by the prospect of collecting Chinese art?

Glories of imperial Russia on display

[2015-07-21 07:43]

There were eggs a few years ago, and now there are swords and guns. Mind you, these were not any old eggs, but really fine Easter eggs, decked in gold. Like them, the weapons are from Russia, and they can be seen in an exhibition titled The Armory Treasury of the Russian Sovereigns at Shanghai Museum through Oct 10.

Small land, big taste

[2015-07-21 07:43]

The blade sweeps merrily across the top of a big round of cheese, and the resulting shavings pile up like a translucent yellow ribbon.

Expat brings bites of Switzerland to Beijing

[2015-07-21 07:43]

In the cultural melting pot of Beijing, Swiss-born restaurateur Peter Troesch is eager to deliver something he's found lacking in the Chinese capital: an authentic taste of Switzerland.

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