Picking up on Chopsticks fun

2011-05-12 07:57:47

As the first Beijing International Film Festival was winding down, two upstart Beijing moviemakers were also creating a big splash - just not on any big screen.

A delectable question about local dining to noodle over

2011-05-12 07:56:00

Eating out in China can require a level of self control and patience that is strange and challenging to the American diner.

Christian Bale knocks the socks off Zhang Yimou

2011-05-12 07:56:00

Director Zhang Yimou has generous words of praise for Christian Bale, who leads the cast of his latest war epic, Heroes of Nanking.

Sinking piracy is not a smart move from consumer's POV

2011-05-12 07:56:00

You have the deeds, put a fence around it, a sign saying trespassers will be prosecuted, and that's it, lock, stock and barrel.

Hutong is diamond in the rough

2011-05-11 08:22:09

What impressed Wang Tingyun most on her first trip to Australia in 1995 was not the beautiful countryside but the categorized garbage bins at the doors of every house.

Slow but sure recovery

2011-05-11 08:19:17

Rebuilding the physical infrastructure of areas destroyed by the 2008 quake has been far easier than restoring the confidence of the affected children.

Building communities

2011-05-11 08:19:17

American architect John Portman and his company have developed more than 30 projects across China.

'Hit this and yell loudly'

2011-05-11 08:19:17

The Earth was juddering. But Zhang Zhougang had no idea why or what to do.

IN BRIEF

2011-05-11 08:19:17

Chinese doctors have found that depression can cause brain damage, and say it is necessary for patients to take medication to repair the damage and cure their depression.