British-Irish boyband One Direction is to take a break next year, two of their members said on Monday, quickly reassuring the group's passionate fans that they had no plans to split up.
Hollywood star Hugh Jackman revealed on Monday that he will return to the stage in a personal show in Australia inspired by his successful Broadway performances.
The Bangkok bombings' fallout on Chinese visitors is perhaps yet to emerge - beyond the current dent. Yang Feiyue reports.
Modern poet Shen Wei, who spent nearly three decades in the Northwest Chinese region, promotes universal themes for writers there. Yang Yang reports in Shanghai.
Anyone who has glanced at a tabloid recently knows Kanye West as a flashy rapper who is married to reality TV star Kim Kardashian. But Kanye West: God & Monster by Mark Beaumont argues West's talent and influence stretch well past the gossip headlines.
Austrian author Thomas Brezina visited China last week for a third time to sign his books, which are popular among young Chinese readers, ranking only after those by J K Rowling in the foreign writers' category.
Thurber Prize judges have made it official: Women are funny, too.
The Chinese fairy tale figure Madam White Snake is back again, this time in two very different guises. The first is in the time-honored way in which audiences are used to seeing it, and the other in a very contemporary form.
In 2011, 24-year-old Yang Yang resigned her well-paid job in Beijing to settle down in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. There she partnered with a friend to plunge into the selling of black tea from India and Sri Lanka.
Our visit to Beijing's big southside tea market, Maliandao tea city, unexpectedly starts off with a quiz.
The pumpkin spice latte battle is heating up just in time for fall.
Nanluoguxiang, a well-known hutong (alleyway) area of Beijing and home to the nobles of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), is seeking to revive its glory.
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