A visionary ahead of his time

When officials of Fuyang approached Wang Shu in 2012 with an offer to have him design an arts center, the Pritzker Prize-winning architect had a rather unusual condition.

Museum dedicated to natural landscape art opens in Fuyang

The Gongwang Art Museum in Fuyang, a district under Hangzhou city, celebrated its grand opening on in September with an exhibition featuring Chinese landscape art.

Italian method boosts quality

China is known for the quantity of cashmere it produces, but not necessarily for its quality. But that is changing as local brands and breeders shift their focus. Italian luxury brand Loro Piana, a key name in the apparel industry, has also joined the effort.

Blancpain launches limited edition

The ocean, which covers more than two-thirds of the earth's surface, is a source of precious resources and inspiration.

Stars make country fashion accessible

A new generation of country musicians - mostly young and female - is changing the look of fashion in Music City with clothing lines designed with fans in mind.

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Spicy touch

A culinary entrepreneur taps her Trinidad roots to bring new flavors to Beijing's food scene, Mike Peters reports.

Award honors HK chef Chow

May Chow, chef and owner of Little Bao in Hong Kong and Bangkok, has been named Asia's Best Female Chef 2017, an award that is part of the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants program, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna.

Plucking new heart strings

Tang Dynasty (618-907) poet Bai Juyi described the sound of the pipa as "pearls landing on a jade plate".

Capturing feelings on film year after year

Liao Hongni burst into tears during the shoot.

Taking design off the drawing board

Roger Owen finds the engineering students he met on his most recent visits to China were a lot more talkative than those he first encountered in the mid-1980s.

Will Smith channels grief for his latest role

Will Smith had already begun researching his role for Collateral Beauty when he learned that his father was terminally ill.