You can tell if a country is a prize by checking how many times it has been invaded.
Authors Ye Lang and Zhu Liangzhi had a daunting task: Boil down Chinese civilization that has spanned thousands of years into a book of about 300 pages.
Ever wonder what makes pop music so irresistible? David Hajdu, a music critic and professor at Columbia's School of Journalism, has spent a long time thinking about the question.
There will still be more books than you could ever read, but visitors to this week's Frankfurt Book Fair will also be invited to don virtual-reality goggles, visit an interactive classroom and discover 3-D printed art as publishers plug into new technology.
David Rosenfelt is known for his legal thrillers filled with wry humor. His latest, The Twelve Dogs of Christmas, is heartwarming and ingeniously plotted.
A giant golden monkey climbing a green glass building in Beijing's downtown attracts a lot of eyeballs, and bystanders liken this scene to King Kong looking at an urban landscape from the top of a building.
They are dazzling creations of nature that can't be cut or polished. For centuries, royalty and aristocrats have pursued them to demonstrate power and social rank. In modern times, they adorn an extensive population of women as an indication of fashion tastes.
Rocky Leung is a playful chef, delighting in surprises even as he shepherds the traditions of Chinese cooking in his kitchen at Man Ho.
Over the summer, I traveled to a barbecue summit at the headquarters of Certified Angus Beef.
When Wu Weishan visited Chinese sculptor Liu Huanzhang's home years ago, the director of the National Art Museum of China was impressed by a great number of statues of people and animals that filled every room and passageway.
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