More than 30 photographers are spending three months in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to capture its natural and cultural landscapes.
It's a story almost too fantastical to be true: A flea market dealer finds a painting near a subway trash bin, submits it for laboratory analysis and emerges convinced he has a Modigliani on his hands. No one would believe it, given the modernist master is one of the most sought-after and forged artists around.
I was sitting in a Wanda Imax theater on the afternoon of June 8 when the opening logos for Warcraft rolled. It started with the so-called dragon logo, China's government seal for any movie - domestic or imported - for public theatrical screening.
Based on the first book of Liu Cixin's best-selling Three-Body trilogy, a stage drama, directed by Liu Fangqi, debuted in Shanghai on June 1 and recently wrapped up its first 12 performances.
Fan Jianchuan listens to his wife - at least when she asks him to not be made into a drum after he dies.
Perhaps the most frightening thing about Ancient Exploration Park isn't T-Rex.
Though a relatively new phenomenon, privately owned gymnasiums are becoming more and more popular in China. Finding the right one was easier than anticipated, Matt Prichard writes
I had the kind of childhood I wish more Chinese children could have. I grew up surrounded by exquisite art works from China's long and dazzling history. I can still remember as a child holding a Qing Dynasty vase in my small hands. Cool to the touch even on a hot summer day, the vase was intricately carved with lotus blossoms.
When rock musician Su Yang traveled from Beijing to Yanchi in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region last winter, he listened to Liu Shikai playing the sanxian (a three-stringed plucked instrument) and singing old folk songs.
The magical supergroup The Illusionists is coming back to Broadway for a new holiday show - this time bringing a time machine.
The lobster in front of me is big and virile. It looks a bit like Donald Trump: Orange. Cranky. Confident - and determined to have the last word.
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