Children show their Chinese talents
2013-03-25 11:27:40
Angie Defabio, who speaks English and Spanish, might soon hear her 5-year-old twins communicating in a language she doesn't understand.
Contemporary China visits US, via photography
2013-03-25 11:27:40
What is China like today? A photo exhibition at San Francisco's main public library attempts to answer that question by examining the country's contemporary life.
Prime mover
2013-03-22 07:33:35
A former math and philosophy student is running a business that offers summer studies to chinese at US universities.
Shanghai Calling tries to defy movie cliches
2013-03-22 11:24:06
Billed as a fish-out of-water romantic comedy, Shanghai Calling reconfigures the cinematic trope of the uprooted foreigner "going native" in his newly adopted country.
Painters reinvigorate ancient form
2013-03-22 11:24:06
Although China has a long tradition of ink painting, the medium was branded as feudal elitist during the "cultural revolution" (1966-76), shunned in favor of Western-style Social Realist oil painting techniques.
Ketchup's Chinese origins a sticky subject for US foodies
2013-03-22 11:24:06
As a language expert, Alan Yu is used to all kinds of influences showing up in English words.
Beijing bands rock NY, backed by film screening
2013-03-18 10:55:54
A skinny young Chinese man in a white Silver Apples T-shirt and sunglasses began the night with a drumbeat.
From teaching to learning about the art market
2013-03-15 12:00:03
Leaving behind decades of tenureship as a senior lecturer in Chinese archeology at The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London, Wang Tao became the head of Sotheby's Chinese artworks department in 2012.
Guitarists give Chinese music unexpected treatment
2013-03-14 11:25:56
When 5-year-old Su Meng met Wang Yameng, 11, in their hometown in eastern China, the thought of performing together one day in the United States would have seemed unlikely at best.
Chinese playwrights seek American audience
2013-03-13 10:50:47
Beijing playwright Meng Jinghui is known as a "rock star" and Shanghai-based Nick Yu tops the list of most prolific playwrights in the Chinese mainland.
DC students raise money for dream trip to China
2013-03-11 11:19:43
Saturday morning was chilly but sunny in Washington's tranquil Rock Creek Park, where few people would have associated a 5-kilometer race with China until several teenagers introduced themselves in Mandarin before assembled students, teachers and parents.