Bookstores hope to turn a new page

[2020-01-20 00:00]

Bookshops are facing a new challenge from the online market. This is highlighted by statistics, released earlier this month, from Centrin Ecloud, a big data platform for China's publishing industry.

Taipei collective stages Peking Opera to keep tradition alive

[2020-01-20 00:00]

TAIPEI－The 30-square-meter room, situated on the first floor of a residential building in Taipei, looks like an old teahouse that has its curtains drawn and doors closed.

The Hunting Month

[2020-01-17 00:00]

The last month of the lunar calendar used to be called the Hunting Month, or La Yue, in more rustic times. That was when traps were set in the wild to catch pheasants, rabbits, deer and wild boar in preparation for the rounds of feasting during Spring Festival, just a week away from now.

Stage set for recovery of green peacock

[2020-01-17 00:00]

Little did Xi Zhinong, the founder of Wild China Film, a private organization dedicated to documentation and protection of China's endangered wildlife, realize that the photos he took of the green peacock in Yunnan province 20 years ago were actually images of an endangered species and that soon the

Recipes

[2020-01-17 00:00]

Cured meat

Balloons give scientist high research hopes

[2020-01-17 00:00]

More than any other object, balloons symbolize and epitomize fun. But more advanced versions, those not seen and popped in birthday parties, can play a vital role for humans as they soar into the atmosphere to provide scientific data.

Ahead of Spring Festival, the Kitchen God knows all

[2020-01-17 00:00]

Zao Jun, the Kitchen God, is a fair-faced celestial who spends only a few days in the heavenly court of the Jade Emperor. For most of the year, he presides over the heart and hearth of earthly households, guarding the livestock, servants, and most of all the cooking stove.

Technology can help but a sense of direction is vital

[2020-01-17 00:00]

I had an "eventful" start to the new year. A day after we rang in the new year, I was taken for a ride.

Bay Area screens film on prominent local community leader

[2020-01-16 00:00]

SAN FRANCISCO－A documentary about a San Francisco Chinese community leader was screened at a public library in the city and has inspired Chinese-American children to become "ambassadors" who will work for closer China-US ties, according to an organizer.