Elderly artist Wu Biduan holds first retro show of his works

Wu Biduan is holding his first retrospective exhibition at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, where the 90-year-old taught for several decades until his retirement in 1988.

Slaves to humor

In 2010, Guo Degang and Cao Yunjin had a fallout. It took them six years to hang out the dirty laundry in public.

New dance center offers a global stage

The new Shanghai International Dance Center will celebrate its opening on Oct 1, adding one more landmark to the city's cultural map.

Changing perceptions

They just shop. They spend indiscriminately. They cause trouble.

Thailand says fees won't stop arrivals

The Tourism Authority of Thailand said earlier this month the country's tourism is expected to keep growing and generate $75 billion throughout 2016, adding that the coming visa on arrival fee hike may not decrease Chinese and Indian arrivals.

Chinese are answering Canada's call

Zhang Donghai was delighted during his drive across Canada's British Columbia and Alberta last autumn.

Reliving the lives and times of Chinese immigrants

For Sophia Soon, a Singapore-born museum guide, a black-and-white picture taken of a Chinese man - probably a first-generation immigrant - and now hanging on the wall of the Chinese Heritage Center at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, speaks volumes. "Look at his shoes - so small that he could barely squeeze his feet in," she says.

Paying tribute to the unsung heroines

The nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigrants to Singapore deserve more than a few books for their remarkable tales of survival.

An interpreter remembers years of war and tragedy

Although it was occupied by the invading Japanese for more than three years between 1942 and 1945, these days, there's not much in Singapore that would automatically remind a casual visitor of that history.

Adding class to quality

With the Chinese consumer landscape changing rapidly, homegrown brands are struggling to attract affluent young customers. But Erdos, a Chinese household name when it comes to cashmere, is trying something different - creating two brands from one.

Cao Fei is driven to create a masterpiece

A leading young artist in China, Cao Fei, does not own a car or have a driving license, and she does not have plans to learn how to drive either.

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