April 7, 1908 Fou Lei was born in Nanhui county, Shanghai, with the name Fu Nu'an.
Most friends remember Fou Lei as a tall, lanky and serious man. Raised by a strict mother after his father died when he was just 4, the scholar rarely smiled and led a life defined by discipline. He always placed his ashtray and a French-Chinese dictionary on the right side of his desk, with an inkslab and the books he was translating on the left.
The usually quiet and spacious hall of the National Library of China in Beijing is full of people. Fou Min, son of renowned translator Fou Lei (1908-66), greets colleagues, classmates, friends and other honored guests to the exhibition marking his father's 100th birthday.
"I have never been so affected by the beauty of oil paintings. The thickness of the paint, the quality of canvas, the play of light and colors, and the clear grains left me enthralled. I am amazed at how the artists have created such vivid works, without compromising on any of the details," writes a blogger after viewing the on-going From the Academia to Impressionism, Masterpieces of 19th Century European Painting, at the Beijing World Art Museum.
Hainan is China's No 1 domestic tourist destination and also attracts more than twice the number of overseas visitors of any other province. But now, the country's biggest holidaymaking hotspot has even bigger plans to attract big spenders.
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