A handmade digital effect
2011-12-27 11:10:34
The 1,300-year-old Tibetan paper makes an image look like it is mysteriously illuminated and is, therefore, the ideal medium for photographer Jin Ping.
Art in Grace
2011-12-25 08:07:51
On the lobby walls of the Grace Hotel Beijing are some huge "maps" you cannot possibly miss.
A Canadian mom to Tibetan children
2011-12-23 10:00:39
Canadian writer Lisa Carducci's new book, My Tibetan Daughter, might not be an easy read but it provides objective glimpses of Tibetan life.
Ballet keeps Polish seniors on toes
2011-12-22 15:21:01
Dressed in white tutus, seven pensioners from a village in southern Poland love to get on their tiptoes to dance ballet classics like Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.
Strings attached
2011-12-21 09:36:50
The China National Symphony Orchestra's leadership ponders how its New Year concert fits into the country's changing views of classical music.
From art house to box office
2011-12-21 07:57:02
Director Xu Jinglei stepped out of the art house and explored commercial filmmaking territory with her 2010 romantic comedy, Go Lala Go!.
Many kinds of best-sellers in 2011
2011-12-20 09:38:29
There were many kinds of best-sellers in 2011 and they sold in different ways. Some were meant for success, some were surprises, and some thrived on the Internet alone.
Threads of tradition
2011-12-20 08:05:10
Aqi Duzhima often visits the unused land behind her house - a place the 47-year-old Mosuo woman calls the "land of my dreams".
Tragedy produces a sublime musical
2011-12-20 08:05:10
Embracing the dead body of Esmeralda, Quasimodo roars with all his strength.
Book clubs start a new chapter
2011-12-19 07:56:20
Every last Tuesday of the month, a group of women lay claim to the long wooden table at 12sqm bar on Beijing's Nanluoguxiang.
Monkey see, Monkey do
2011-12-16 07:47:26
Traditional Beijing handicraft that mimics real life continues to delight in modern times.
In her grandfather's footsteps
2011-12-16 07:35:53
Yan Geling's latest novel is based on her grandfather and was a work of self-discovery, she says.