Project revival

Three sacred Buddhist texts are now on display in Beijing as rare early examples of block printing in China around the seventh century.

Xia's pieces reveal complex process of creating them

As a child, Xia Hang liked to take apart his toys and household items, such as clocks, and reassemble them.

China Neolithic site pictographs may give clues to origin of language

Following the discovery of an ancient city and its dams, considered to be the earliest hydraulic project found in China, archaeologists studying the Neolithic Liangzhu culture are now preparing to unveil hundreds of pictographs in December, and even seek help from foreign experts to decode them.

He loves me, he loves me not

This could be the most trivial breaking news of the month.

Productions to showcase variety of German theater offerings

Thomas Oberender, artistic director of the Berliner Festspiele, an arts center that brings together a variety of arts and culture events under one roof each year in the German capital, made his first trip to China in 2014, and he says the visit was beyond his expectations.

Flying solo

She rode the rails and lived on the road.

A woodland forest and Shinto shrine in busy Tokyo

Just steps from one of the busiest, most modern parts of Tokyo, it's a soothing surprise to feel like you're in the heart of a primeval forest. It's maybe a bigger surprise to learn that the trees are not at all as ancient as they feel.

When one seems much better than two

Changes in family planning policies raise some highly emotional problems for many

Great sports, great spots to party richard rosenblatt

From the breathtaking view at a ski station in the French Alps to a horse race that "stops the nation" Down Under to the wackiest golf hole in the Arizona desert - make that the entire planet - sports fans will find the party.

Group plans to haul installation - a jumbo jet portion - to Burning Man

A Los Angeles-based entrepreneur is turning part of a jumbo jet into an art installation and plans to haul it to Burning Man, a feat he failed to accomplish last year.

Re-creating a slice of Paris

China has become the maiden market for the Metiers d'Art collection this month, following a show that transformed Beijing's 798 art zone to resemble a street in the French capital. Chen Jie reports.

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