Timeline
2011-05-06 07:50:53
Cixi, 16, enters the Forbidden City. She competes with 60 other Manchu girls to win a berth as Emperor Xianfeng's concubine-in-waiting.
Portraits of Cixi
2011-05-06 07:50:53
Two books about the Empress Dowager cast new light on the iconic ruler and controversial historical figure.
Rodeo to spur desire for wild west culture
2011-05-05 07:56:34
Beijing's cowboys and cowgirls will get a chance to dust off their chaps and saddle up when one of the United States' oldest extravaganzas rides into town.
Ancient jade still has magic to enthrall
2011-05-04 08:01:03
A jade exhibition at Beijing Art Museum traces this love back to its origin at the beginning of Chinese civilization.
Artist of a million cuts
2011-05-04 08:01:03
Legend says an emperor first thought of carving porcelain, but a modern craftsman has perfected the skill.
Living with the 'old old'
2011-05-04 07:58:37
Decades after screen star Bette Davis famously declared that "growing old is not for sissies", Estelle Gross has expanded on the woes of the ailing aged with her lament that people live too long and die too slowly.
Reinventing China
2011-05-03 07:54:37
Pottery Workshop chief Caroline Cheng has dedicated herself to improving the country's ceramic products.
Bookworms burrow at conference on Chinese literature
2011-05-03 07:54:37
More than 180 novelists, poets, literary translators and researchers shared their opinions at the International Conference on Chinese Literature in Global Contexts.
The seed of a musical evolution
2011-04-30 07:45:55
Midi Music Festival started out in life as a graduation ceremony and was the country's first of many music festivals.
Birds of a feather
2011-04-29 11:47:41
The birdmen of Beijing are one of the capital's iconic cultural features.
The truth behind fakes
2011-04-29 07:58:29
The dubious offerings of our culture industry are sapping people's creativity, stifling innovation and giving a diverse nation one voice.
The final countdown for lingerie designer
2011-04-29 07:58:29
A lingerie model made up to look like the inner mechanism of a clock may sound like a bold gambit, but it paid off for winning designer Bai Ge at this month's Triumph Inspiration Award in Shanghai.