Virtual tours make museums available to all around the clock
2011-04-19 09:00:44
Anyone who has used Google Maps with Street View, which uses 360-degree street-level imagery, has been on a virtual tour.
Not over until the fat lady sings
2011-04-19 09:00:44
Traditional opera is enjoying a revival in the capital thanks to some modern touches.
Keane fans love it live
2011-04-19 08:47:47
Keane is a band to watch - as was evident at its debut show in Beijing on Saturday night.
What's new
2011-04-19 08:47:47
Canadian rocker Avril Lavigne will perform at the 2011 China Music Valley International Music Festival Beijing, held on April 30 and May 1.
The stage is set
2011-04-19 08:47:47
The Edinburgh International Festival will have a Chinese flavor this year.
From flowers and birds to monkeys
2011-04-18 08:01:20
Xu Peichen is a contemporary master of Chinese calligraphy and painting, but excels at landscapes, figures, flowers and birds, and is especially known for his monkeys in a Chinese style.
A place where humans and nature get along
2011-04-18 08:01:20
This artist chose a curious animal figure to display a life of harmony.
Pictures and pixels make statistics sexy
2011-04-17 07:48:44
In a world of boundless data, information designers are our new navigators.
National art also belongs to the world
2011-04-18 08:01:20
Deserving a place on the stage at United Nations' Chinese Culture Day.
Peking Opera season has a fresh look
2011-04-15 07:41:06
The 2011 May Holiday Performing Season of the China National Peking Opera Company (CNPOC) will begin on April 22 with shows across Beijing.
Writer with a penchant for flawed characters
2011-04-15 07:41:06
Thomas Keneally, author of the book on which Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning Schindler's List was based, once asked the famed director for a minor role in the movie, but was turned down.
The first Chinese to gamble on Wild West
2011-04-15 07:41:06
The world of early Chinese immigrants in the United States was one of gold, greed and exclusion. A new book tells it like it was.
