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.
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.
Beyond Yao and Yi
2013-04-19 08:44:29
Even without the legendary giant Yao Ming, the NBA is thriving in China.
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.
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.
Art show turns rural NY into a Chinese soundscape
2013-04-12 11:19:37
During the decades in which pop music and culture were, among other things, helping solidify America's tradition of sound art, China was essentially in a cultural vacuum.
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.
Cornell ' formula may help solve Ningxia's soil erosion
2013-04-09 11:48:13
A compost of wood chips from poplar trees developed by Cornell University scientists may be part of a solution to huge soil-erosion problems in northwest China.
Fresh baos from a Chinese house
2013-03-29 11:33:48
When restaurateur and Vice-TV host Eddie Huang was doing stand-up comedy as "Magic Dong Huang," his favorite set was called "Rotten Banana."
Painter scores UN exhibit
2013-03-28 10:44:54
For painter Li Hongtao, whose work is on display this week at the United Nations, creativity is mainly about avoiding repetition.