Revival on stage

2011-04-24 08:07:26

Many cultural icons are fading away as modern generations find other distractions. But Peking Opera is now enjoying a revival.

Sauropods, grazing their way to gigantic

2011-04-24 08:05:25

No dinosaurs were quite like the sauropods. They were the biggest land animals ever, consuming everything in sight.

Need to impress? Zip out an avatar

2011-04-24 08:05:55

You'll sit at three-dimensional virtual meetings and classes, looking around the table or the lecture hall at your colleagues' avatars.

60s celebrity culture from a dog's point of view

2011-04-22 08:03:01

Andrew O'Hagan slipped into the role of the famed American art dealer, Leo Castelli, quite effortlessly at the Bookworm International Literary Festival in March. O'Hagan.

Peering from the shadows

2011-04-22 08:03:01

Writer Fang Fang's The View (1987), about the brutish struggle of an illiterate docker's family in the poorest area of Wuhan, narrated by its deceased baby protagonist, was eerily reminiscent of French poet Charles Baudelaire's The Voice, published in 1857.

No escape from the abyss of life

2011-04-22 08:03:01

"All misfortunes are alike, but every happiness is unique," Liu Liu writes in her latest work, The Marriage of Miss Su, a collection of 12 short stories.

In the zone

2011-04-21 07:53:02

The transformation of 798 Art Zone from a village into an internationally famous center of art reflects the country's rise.

Retiree weaves new career with knots

2011-04-20 07:56:50

Liu Liming's love of Chinese knots has bound her to a craft that has been listed as part of the nation's intangible cultural heritage for the past 20 years.