Feast by the book

A Bite of China film crew captures Spring Festival fare around the country, Liu Zhihua reports.

Asian night markets offer tastes of the old and new

Beneath the giant red sign illuminating the Asian Garden Mall in Southern California, slabs of jumbo white squid are seared on a smoky grill. Nearby, children pluck fried potato slices off a stick and couples dance to Vietnamese ballads.

Spring of the peony

Young artists aim to boost appeal of Peking Opera with veterans showing the way, Chen Nan reports.

Children learn more music as 'tiger moms' relax

After adjusting a stool to reach the grand piano in front of her, 8-year-old Wang Keyi takes a deep breath, sets her hands on the keyboard and starts to play the instrument. Swiftly and gracefully she performs to much applause from an audience in the thousands at the city's Ningbo Grand Theater.

Italian chefs celebrate cuisine with veal cutlet

If you are easily shocked, sit down before you read this: There are people in the world who do not use clarified butter to fry costoletta alla Milanese, or breaded veal cutlet.

Iron Maiden to hit China on April 24

Iron Maiden recently announced its debut in China as part of The Book of Souls World Tour this year.

Online series spark frenzy

They are low-budget productions, have no stars and are typically adapted from online novels. Yet they are massively popular with the youth. Deng Zhangyu reports.

Beijing's movie fans in for new experience

Cinema viewing in the Chinese capital is set to get better with more access to world-class technology.

DiCaprio's win gives boost to his Oscar dream

Where angels tread

At 33, Wu Chen, a researcher with a Beijing hospital, is the youngest recipient of an annual award for her study of genetics related to cancer, Liu Zhihua reports.

She allows flowers to express themselves

Flowers have faces. Faces show expression.

Naturalist urges interaction with world around us

As a naturalist and professor of the history of science at Peking University, Liu Huajie says his main task is to help his students get to know the beauty of nature.