Lucky for some, but financially painful for others
2012-02-09 10:05:37
The Spring Festival holiday is over and the post-holiday blues have taken hold. Many of us drag our feet to the office where busy work schedules await.
For love and money
2012-02-09 10:05:11
The tradition of giving relatives' children envelopes of cash during Spring Festival persists because of the affections it conveys.
Art that's truly explosive
2012-02-08 10:05:17
Chinese people have used fireworks to celebrate festive occasions for centuries, but artist Cai Guoqiang uses pyrotechnics as a medium to convey contemporary art concepts.
Defusing the boom
2012-02-08 10:04:49
Decreasing fireworks sales nationwide suggest Spring Festival's pyrotechnic traditions are falling out of favor.
Art graduates strut their stuff
2012-02-07 14:54:03
The China Central Academy of Fine Arts is presenting its graduating students' work to international viewers in an exhibition tour entitled The Start of a Long Journey.
A who's who of Hong Kong
2012-02-07 13:15:28
Hong Kong has for many years been short of a reference work about the men and women who have shaped the cosmopolitan city.
It's kids' stuff
2012-02-07 13:14:56
Wang Yinglin's approach to childcare is based on the tenets of traditional Chinese medicine and is gaining converts.
Finding divine fortune in the Chinese New Year
2012-02-07 11:10:12
Wen Wei performs his final bow to a 4-meter-high wooden Buddha statue in the west wing of Jing'an Temple on the last day of Spring Festival.
Power of prayer
2012-02-07 10:10:26
Growing throngs overcrowd temples to seek divine blessings during the Spring Festival.
A man who toys with history
2012-02-06 10:59:43
Zhu Yuxiang, 33, is obsessed with collecting toys that were mainly produced in China during the 1980s.
One man's trash, another's treasure
2012-02-06 10:59:27
An innovative store in Shanghai allows people to swap a range of new, vintage and second-hand goods.
Dragon tattoos
2012-02-05 08:04:17
Designer Millicent Lai welcomes the Year of the Dragon with an innovative collaboration between form and function.