Naked truths can pack a punch or stoke the stork
2011-06-03 10:07:45
"Unconfirmed rumors" say actor Nicholas Tse allegedly took a swing at actor Edison Chen during a recent encounter among Chen, Tse and Tse's wife, actress Cecilia Cheung, at Hong Kong's Four Seasons Hotel
What's on: events in Beijing and Shanghai
2011-06-03 09:50:40
Birds and blooms:Ink master Guo Yizong, 70, is holding his retrospective show of 130 flower-and-bird paintings completed during his 50-year career.
In step with innovation
2011-06-03 09:46:53
A young dancer realizes his creative dreams.It started with Tao Ye imitating yoga poses he saw on TV at age 12 just for fun. He was surprised to discover his body's exceptional flexibility. So was his grandmother, who told him, "You should be a dancer." Her suggestion turned out to be a prophecy. "Many children dreamed of becoming a scientist, a teacher or an architect. But I had no idea about what I was going to do when I grew up," the 26-year-old Chongqing native says.
Part 2 of 'romantic fantasy' gets under way
2011-06-03 09:43:24
Chinese filmmakers generally tend to avoid supernatural subjects, as they are invariably put through greater scrutiny by the censors. But one film has managed to navigate this minefield so successfully that its box-office triumph has produced a sequel.
The real politics of realpolitik
2011-06-03 09:32:42
If there is something to offer clues as to how the world's two largest economies should handle their relations, former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger's new book, On China, is that thing, Chinese and Western critics say.
Chinese calligraphy concert in Vienna
2011-06-02 16:09:24
The Chinese Calligraphy Concert 2011, among the activities being held to celebrate the 40 anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Austria, was held here Monday.
In the service of gods
2011-06-02 14:01:41
There is no TV, Internet or cell phone for the young lamas of Lhasa's Kunde Ling monastery. But there is a deep conviction that they are there for a higher purpose.
Dancing to the drumbeat
2011-06-02 13:54:12
The bronze drum dance is a collective dance where the dancers line up in a circle and dance counter-clockwise to rhythmical drumbeats. The traditional dance includes 12 sets of dance movements.
The reel people
2011-06-01 18:21:40
After the chaotic "cultural revolution" (1966-1976), during which more than 300 Chinese movies were banned, filmmakers could not wait for a new era to begin. Taboo films were screened again and audiences flocked to movie theaters with great passion. In 1979, more than 29 billion cinema tickets were sold and one of the nation's most popular magazines, Popular Cinema, had a monthly circulation of more than 9 million.
Peaks and troughs through the decades
2011-06-01 13:41:40
Chinese cinema has played out like a typical three-act blockbuster over three decades. In 1979 the spurt of re-releases and new offerings pushed ticket sales to 29.31 billion yuan. Fifteen years later, audiences just stayed home to watch television or pirated videos.
High Party official: Books can help define happiness
2011-06-01 13:41:01
What are officials in Guangdong reading these days? Many now have a title by Harvard scholar Tal Ben-Shahar and another co-written by Nobel Prize-winning economists Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen along with French economist Jean Paul Fitoussi.
Novelists enjoying prime time
2011-06-01 10:31:54
The shift from collective consciousness to an increasingly personal perception of life characterizes the general trajectory of the past 30 years of Chinese literature.