Jean Kessels, 26, an American freelancer working in Beijing, has to fly home if she wants to buy a pair of boots that fit.
Choreographer Gao Yanjinzi is confident her latest work, Offering and Fragrance, will finally help Chinese audiences understand modern dance.
Romantic, touching and hilarious, with a classic Cole Porter score, Kiss me, Kate is regarded as one of the greatest Broadway musicals of all time.
The Cafa Art Museum is holding Frozen Passion, a retrospective show for veteran oil painter and art educator Li Zongjin.
Criticism of Chinese authors includes the claim the only reason some have an international following is because their translators have done such a great job.
Li Jihong started learning English at 12. Still under 30, Li has 21 published volumes of translations to his credit.
When Fan Ye started to translate One Hundred Years of Solitude into Chinese, the Spanish teacher at Peking University didn't expect it to be so successful.
More than 400 lectures, book signings and other events will be held over the seven days of the Shanghai Book Fair.
Costume designers Lizzy Gardiner and Tim Chappel won the Tony award for Priscilla Queen of the Desert and say they are in love with their craft.
Chinese pianist Li Yundi will present the world debut of his new album Red Piano on Sept 16, at the City of Dreams, an integrated entertainment resort in Macao.
Installations at the ongoing exhibition Translife raise age-old questions such as the alienation of man and new forms of life.
Fans of Baroque art have a treat in store for them at the Beijing World Art Museum.