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Inspired by a childhood friend

[2018-01-09 07:26]

Graphic designer and muralist Zhou Lingzhao, 99, still remembers his best friend from childhood, a dog his family had in his native village in Central China's Hunan province.

Soaring Wings makes US debut

[2018-01-09 07:26]

NEW YORK - Chinese dance drama Soaring Wings: Journey of the Crested Ibis recently premiered at the David H. Koch Theater in New York City's Lincoln Center.

Decoding 3,000-year-old inscriptions on bones

[2018-01-09 07:26]

ZHENGZHOU - Earn $15,000 per character! China is offering financial rewards for help deciphering the characters on 3,000-year-old oracle bones. Since the National Museum of Chinese Writing in Anyang in Central China's Henan province announced the reward in November 2016, many people have tried their luck.

A contemporary revival

[2018-01-09 07:26]

Most people think about ancient artifacts that stock the country's top museums when they think about Hubei - but the province in Central China was also a hub of the avant-garde'85 New Wave art movement that continues to shape the country's contemporary scene.

Rapper's songs taken offline

[2018-01-09 07:26]

All of a popular rapper's songs have been removed from such music-streaming platforms as QQ Music and Xiami.

New Shanghai museum fetes Japanese architect

[2018-01-09 07:26]

A new art museum in Shanghai celebrated its opening with an exhibition featuring its designer, Japanese architect Tadao Ando, in late December.

Simple lessons on life

[2018-01-08 07:50]

When Israeli playwright and director Joshua Sobol first read diaries describing life in the ghetto of Vilna, in Lithuania, during the World War II, he realized that there had been a theater in the ghetto.

New York's Met sets mandatory fee, a first in 50 years

[2018-01-08 07:50]

New York - The Metropolitan Museum of Art is partially abandoning its "pay-what-you-wish" admissions policy that has made it an egalitarian destination for generations of art lovers.

A long way

[2018-01-08 07:50]

Easter Island's stone statues. Latin American culture. Exceptional wine. Chile's offerings make it worth a long-haul flight, says 40-year-old Beijing resident Ma Limei.

Emerging Thai spots beckon Chinese

[2018-01-08 07:50]

BANGKOK - About 20,000 visitors cheered as the clock struck midnight, ringing in the New Year, in eastern Thailand's Rayong province. Fireworks lit up the sky above the seaside town, where the national tourism authority had organized a massive countdown event to welcome 2018.

Beijing launches whirlybird tours

[2018-01-08 07:50]

Beijing kicked off the New Year with its first low-altitude tourism flight.

Catch a shooting star

[2018-01-06 06:52]

China's national football team may be absent from this summer's World Cup, but Chinese fans may still have the chance to cheer on a few of their favorite soccer stars - so long as they hail from Spain, that is.

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