Chinese art buyers are less impulsive today than they were a few years ago, Lin Qi reports.
Abbot Hsing Yun's recent visit to Beijing is probably among his most significant cross-Straits trips.
The modernism movement nurtured a number of Chinese artists who studied and lived in France in the early 20th century, such as Lin Fengmian and Xu Beihong. Many of them, after returning home, spearheaded the modernization of Chinese art and education and the influence endures to date.
The mystery of a foreign star's appeal in China deserves more than tabloid coverage. Its unraveling may help shape the face of future global blockbusters and advertising campaigns.
One of four daughters of a civil servant and a teacher, she grew up in 1960s Liverpool. Her grandmother, who left school at age 12 and subsequently raised 14 children, had little social life or time for cultural activities. But unlike women from the older generations, Jude Kelly's passion as a little girl was to gather children in her neighborhood and tell them stories or perform plays with them.
Chinese travelers are warming up to winter. Domestic destinations where ice and snow take center stage hosted record visitor numbers following the first frost since the country won the Winter Olympics bid. Yang Feiyue reports.
Yang Yuanju's family offers ritualistic sacrifices to their ancestors in a 19-story drum tower in the village center on Chinese Lunar New Year's Eve.
An ambitious restaurant in Lagos is setting out to elevate Nigerian street food staples to fine dining, tapping into a growing hunger in the city for upscale West African food.
Do Peru's potatoes have the right stuff?
Young Chinese designers are creating an impression in London, but resist being pigeon-holed. Deng Yanzi reports in Hong Kong.
The first major day of Paris Fashion Week ready-to-wear shows saw spectators thrust from the 60s futurism of Courreges to the eclectic styles of John Galliano - as Belgian master Dries Van Noten got indulgent.
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