What do you consider a safe yet intriguing topic for conversation? Does such a thing still exist?
"I still have one of those $2 bills inside my pocket, and I've carried it since then, because I know no matter where I go or how far I go, as long as that bill's in my pocket, home is with me."
A look at this man's WeChat account could lead you to think that he's a Chinese who loves trying out regional cuisines and touring the country to study traditional culture.
The centerpiece of experimental calligrapher Wei Ligang's ongoing Beijing exhibition is a 45-meter-long scroll titled Phoenixes and Dragons that the Beijing-based artist completed in 2012.
The best dish I'm having in an eight-course dinner may be one of the simplest: turnip with dry carrot, quinoa, soy and leek.
Four clusters of wines sit on a long vintage metal table in a spacious Beijing art gallery, where a mix of Chinese and Western antiques are displayed. Accompanied by popular music from the 1950s, a group of judges take turns sampling the bottles. They pour some of each wine into a glass, take a sip, taste and swirl, spit it out, then write down their impressions.
Matzo meal and vodka batter is not the most familiar ingredient of a Chinese New Year feast, but Hong Kong's trendy Jinjuu is celebrating Spring Festival until Feb 11 by treating fans of its popular Tong Dak whole Korean fried chicken to some sweet deals. Chef Judy Joo's crew serves up Australian free-range chicken that's fried crispy and golden brown on the outside while tender and juicy on the inside thanks to high-pressure, high-temperature cooking.
Wu Man is regarded as the ambassador of the Chinese pipa to the West.
Two dozen young performers in colorful robes sweep bows across traditional Mongolian morin khuur (horse-head fiddles) at the Minzu University of China's theater.
For a play that makes audience members contemplate their own mediocrity, Amadeus is quite the crowd-pleaser.
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has come down hard on seven new energy vehicle makers over subsidy cheating, sending a clear message to the sector that such behavior will not be tolerated.
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