Erik Nako's baggage must have puzzled the scanner operators at Chinese customs when he arrived in Beijing on Monday.
Foodies in China, from professional chefs to Joe Hungry, were abuzz this week with the news that the world's most prestigious restaurant guide is finally coming to the Chinese mainland. The Michelin Guide has launched its Chinese website, announcing that it will publish a 2017 guide for Shanghai - and that the first round of Michelin-starred restaurants will be unveiled this fall.
Chefs from 20 European countries put their chopping, cooking and presentation skills to the test last week, all eager to secure a place in the prestigious Bocuse d'Or contest, dubbed the "culinary Olympics".
In 2013, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra treated audiences in Beijing to a few of Beethoven's symphonies and piano concertos under the baton of Christian Thielemann.
In a joint performance in April by Charles Riley and Ron Miles, audiences inside a packed hall at University of North Carolina, watched the American duo's street dance moves that originated in the 1980s. Accompanying the dancers at the show was the unfamiliar sound of the sheng, which was played by Wu Tong.
Unlike most top directors who prefer to give interviews in rooms surrounded by guards, Dai Sijie insists on moving to a bar.
Malaysian director Wi Ding Ho once said that shooting a movie is his window to take a close look of life.
The gloves have finally come off Robert De Niro.
Virtual reality as a topic is often discussed at film events in China, of course, with an associated question: What should be broadcast via VR?
The atmosphere turned somber when actor Zhan Shigang spoke of Chinese casualty figures at a recent Beijing event to promote his upcoming TV series, The 38th Parallel.
Dai Ailian (1916-2006), the Trinidad-born Chinese ballerina who devoted her life to Chinese dance and was dubbed the "mother of Chinese dance", was remembered at Beijing's Tianqiao Theater last week with a gala staged by the National Ballet of China and the Beijing Dance Academy.
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