Storyteller embraces humor to depict life in China
2013-05-03 11:25:45
On a visa run to Hong Kong in 1999, Peter Hessler made a stop in a tiny village with competing rat restaurants.
Academic elected into US science academy
2013-05-03 00:56:06
The recent election of a Chinese scientist to a leading US academy after being shunned by the Chinese Academy of Sciences has sparked debate.
It's so now
2013-04-28 07:15:06
When sculptor Joel Shapiro went to work designing a massive sculpture for the new US consulate in Guangzhou, he didn't conceive it as "birdlike". That's the recurring adjective when people describe the finished piece, Now, and Shapiro doesn't mind a bit.
The Cheng² Duo play for new classical works
2013-04-26 15:41:56
When Bryan Cheng was 3 years old, he watched his older sister Silvie play the piano onstage and realized he wanted to play an instrument, too.
Sculptural flights of fancy
2013-04-26 07:23:14
When Joel Shapiro went to work designing a massive sculpture for the new US consulate in Guangzhou, he didn't conceive it as "birdlike". That's the recurring adjective when people describe the finished piece, Now, and Shapiro doesn't mind a bit.
China hands' first impressions often strongest
2013-04-19 11:44:23
When Kin-ming Liu read fellow journalist Richard Bernstein's 2010 farewell column in the International Herald Tribune, he was struck by Bernstein's recollection of his very first trip to China in 1972.
Execs receive business primer in California
2013-04-19 11:15:01
With California Governor Jerry Brown recently wrapping up a trade mission through China, 48 Chinese executives have made their own trek to California to scout for investment opportunities in the United States.
New commissioner, same love for China
2013-04-19 08:44:29
As top man's tenure of more than 20 years draws to a close, his successor pledges continuity.
Beyond Yao and Yi
2013-04-19 08:44:29
Even without the legendary giant Yao Ming, the NBA is thriving in China.
Letter helped turn lawyer into a sports king
2013-04-19 08:44:29
It was a simple letter that brought Adam Silver from legal affairs to the eventual leadership of one of the most successful sports empires.
American abroad
2013-04-19 08:22:30
How a young american turned a crisis at home into an opportunity abroad, beginning a new life in Beijing.
Dance company conjures a 'Whirlwind' premier
2013-04-12 11:19:37
Nai-Ni Chen went to China's Silk Road and got caught in a whirlwind. The mosaic of cultures and nature she observed on a summer of travel inspired her to choreograph a contemporary dance embodying the spirit of this ancient trade route.