In 1995, Jingdezhen's kilns started shifting from coal to gas. In two years, the city dismantled and reconstructed more than 190 coal kilns and demolished most of the chimneys.
Amid the worst recession in decades, this city of oil and commerce has opened a new performing arts center which comes with a price tag of around $350 million.
Fossils from the smallest dinosaur found in North America, a fleet-footed species only 28 inches long and weighing less than a rabbit, have gone on public display for the first time at a Los Angeles museum.
Christie's will offer for sale a drawing by Renaissance master Raphael which he used as a study for a figure in a Vatican fresco, and expects it to break the record for an old master drawing sold at auction.
I've never been to Memphis, but I've seen "Memphis," the new Broadway musical, and can only hope that the city isn't a disappointment by comparison.
When Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Wit, directed by Kris Chung, opens at Beijing's Penghao theater on Thursday, a shriveled, shaven-headed terminally-ill patient with huge lanceolate eyes will take center stage.
Celebrating China's diverse and vibrant culture, a storied concert hall will hold a 21-day citywide festival.
This 90-minute live show presents highlights from 40 Broadway musicals and Hollywood movies. It's an original production of a Chinese performance, but the show is completely in English, featuring a cast and directors from the United States.
A new dance drama about Wang Zhaojun, a former ambassador between Han Chinese and the kingdom of Xiongnu
Traditional Chinese art is replacing contemporary art as the new investment of choice among financially astute collectors, according to local art fair organizers and gallery owners.
You can't say that the producers of the Broadway revival of "Bye Bye Birdie" didn't offer theatergoers bang for their buck at a recent preview. Besides the show proper, there was stand-up comedy by Bob Saget and sarcastic jibes thrown by Don Rickles from his seat in the audience.
Three artists from the United States - Trenton Doyle Hancock, Erick Swenson and Alison Elizabeth Taylor - are marking their debut exhibition, Young Americans, at the James Cohan Gallery Shanghai.