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Old sweet songs

[2014-11-03 08:10]

At 52, A Benzhi can still clearly recall images of his father getting up before sunrise to work on the farm and returning home after sunset every day over four decades ago.

Beauty, beast find their voices in Gaojia opera

[2014-11-03 08:10]

Belle is singing of her mixed feelings for the Beast - in Fujian dialect for the first time.

Art beat ... finger on the pulse

[2014-11-03 08:10]

SHANGHAI

Mahjong expanding 'to every corner of the world'

[2014-11-01 07:40]

Foreigners are beating Chinese at their own game - mahjong.

Chinese game making waves with global players

[2014-11-01 07:40]

Not only is mahjong making waves overseas - a growing number of Westerners are playing the Chinese game on the seas.

Exploring china by learning mahjong

[2014-11-01 07:40]

A workshop in a Beijing hutong shows travelers and expats the basics

My memories as a player and teacher

[2014-11-01 07:40]

When I walked into the courtyard in Shique hutong last Sunday morning, there were already two tables of foreign players. But a table still needed the last one to start the game - it's a four-player game. Without any hesitation, I was in.

Fright night

[2014-10-31 08:04]

Immense brown spiders squat on orange cupcakes in a bakery window. Australian student Brian Wilson, 10, arrives at his international school with blood streaming out of a gash on his face. Skulls, some of them broken, leer menacingly from shop windows and billboard advertisements.

Life story of the day of the dead

[2014-10-31 08:04]

Modern Halloween is rooted in Christian and pagan festivals that were celebrated in Europe centuries ago.

Staging a ghost story

[2014-10-31 08:04]

There's a Chinese saying that goes: Grave robbers should place a candle in the tomb's southwest corner.

No trick-or-treaters? Buy candy anyway!

[2014-10-31 08:04]

Don Stewart and his wife will be home with the lights on Halloween night, waiting for trick-or-treaters. But like a lot of folks who stock up on candy, they'll probably end up eating it themselves.

Time to read

[2014-10-31 08:04]

Singing star Taylor Swift savors words on paper and the 'amazing' chance to write more than songs, she tells The Associated Press in New York.

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