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  • Carved into culture

    2009-10-16 13:53

    Since opening on Sept 27, the grand Mystery of Red Sandalwood exhibition in Taiwan's financial center Taipei 101 has attracted throngs.

  • Museum swaps nude image

    2009-10-16 13:27

    Britain's Tate Modern museum has replaced a nude image of 10-year-old Brooke Shields (pictured) with a photograph of the actress as an adult.

  • Iraq exile tales shock and awe N.Y. theater audiences

    2009-10-16 07:40

    An imam describes being locked in a small cage by U.S. soldiers at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, forced to listen to deafening music that mocked Islam.

  • One-woman play debates how people live and die

    2009-10-16 07:40

    Actress Anna Deavere Smith portrays cyclist Lance Armstrong, a bull rider and doctors in a one-woman play that looks at how people deal with death.

  • Through the looking glass

    2009-10-15 10:31

    When photographer Chen Haiwen tried to take pictures of the Jingpo ethnic group in Yunnan province for his ambitious photo album featuring all of China's 56 ethnic groups, he ran into a problem.

  • Chill of recession hits London Frieze art bonanza

    2009-10-15 08:12

    The Frieze Art Fair is feeling the chill of recession this year, with market turmoil still fresh in the minds of ultra-wealthy collectors and investors who descend on London each year for the contemporary art showcase.

  • Shanghai acrobatic performers set stage in Taipei

    2009-10-14 18:10

    A young acrobatic actress from Shanghai performs during the dress rehearsal in Taipei, Taiwan province, Oct. 13, 2009.

  • Books donated to Germany

    2009-10-14 11:48

    Five hundred signature Chinese books donated by Chinese people from all walks of life are ready to be exhibited and given out to German readers at the five-day 2009 Frankfurt International Book Fair (FIBF) beginning today.

  • Shows celebrate New China

    2009-10-14 11:37

    The National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts will put up four shows at the Chang'an Grand Theater this week to celebrate the 60th anniversary of New China's founding.

  • Ah Q-uestion of character

    2009-10-14 10:37

    Hailed by Chairman Mao Zedong as "a great revolutionary", "the commander of China's cultural revolution" and "the saint of China", Lu Xun (1881-1936) and his legacy continue to resonate in Chinese intellectual life.

  • Scramble to publish Nobel laureate's works in Chinese

    2009-10-14 10:37

    Herta Muller (pictured), winner of the 2009 Nobel prize for literature, has caught publishing houses in the Chinese mainland unawares - none of the books of the new Nobel laureate have yet been translated and published.

  • Buddhist leaders meet

    2009-10-13 11:37

    More than 1,000 Buddhist monks and nuns, and 100 selected veteran calligraphers from across the country attended a recent gathering at Pushou Monastery in Mt Wutai, a newly designated UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site.

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