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Eat like a champ

[2015-07-10 07:30]

We can't guarantee the new tuna plate at Element Fresh will help you win the French Open - or even improve your backhand. But China's retired but still favorite tennis ace, Li Na, has teamed up with the restaurant to promote healthy eating, saying: "I love fresh food, the source of vitality." Her new favorite, according to a new menu of five items she's endorsing, is Fire and Ice Tuna: spicy ahi tuna grilled medium-rare, with tangy chilled greens, cucumber, jicama and a wasabi vinaigrette. On the side: kombu potato salad with shiso and sesame. Price for the plate: 128 yuan at Element Fresh outlets around China.

Magic on canvas

[2015-07-10 07:30]

A Russian teaches Chinese the art of oil painting. Yang Yang reports in Hunan province.

Olympic torch Jenner held in 1984 on auction

[2015-07-10 07:30]

The 1984 Summer Olympic torch that Bruce Jenner carried through Lake Tahoe, Nevada, is going on auction where it could fetch $20,000 or more.

GPS helps the visually impaired cross French mountains

[2015-07-10 07:30]

Five hikers, all blind or partially sighted, crossed a mountain range in eastern France recently thanks to an innovative GPS system that developers hope can help millions of people with vision problems.

It's hollywood, silly!

[2015-07-09 08:42]

Despite a nearly 50 percent rise in Chinese box-office returns this year, local moviemakers aren't smiling. Xu Fan reports.

Self/less: When a dumb movie takes itself seriously

[2015-07-09 08:42]

Self/less, if you couldn't tell from the preposterous title, is a deeply silly movie that takes itself very, very seriously.

Son's screen tribute to dad in 50th year of series

[2015-07-09 08:42]

Adam Nimoy has found a way to spend countless hours with his late father Leonard Nimoy: He's creating a documentary for the actor who played Spock in the Star Trek franchise.

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.

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