Arts & Life - China Daily

Arts & Design - A day at the museum is 5,000 years on Earth

By Chen Nan and Sun Ruisheng in Taiyuan — 13 Mar 2012 08:55:54 +0800

Han Jingwei says she goes to heaven every day - that is, when she clocks in at work.

Music & Theater - Following in the footsteps of a master

By Chen Nan and Sun Ruisheng — 13 Mar 2012 08:50:11 +0800

Shanxi province's Jinju Opera is flourishing in China's villages due to the tireless and inspiring work of Hu Chang'e.

Life/Travel - All change, except the weather

By D J Clark — 12 Mar 2012 08:49:03 +0800

Thirty years of rural development in the frozen Northeast has improved the lives of those living in villages, especially their finances.

Arts & Design - A young photographer's Shangri-La

By Raymond Zhou — 10 Mar 2012 08:38:17 +0800

A youthful shutterbug discovers divine bliss in ordinary pursuits and routine activities.

Dining & Wine - The emperor's noodles

By Ye Jun — 10 Mar 2012 08:34:29 +0800

Suzhou cuisine has thrived on legends, history and natural flavors.

Music & Theater - Dragon flies to Bird's Nest

By Chen Nan — 09 Mar 2012 08:56:54 +0800

Wang Lee-hom says he feels deeply connected to the dragon, one of the Chinese zodiac creatures.

Music & Theater - A key player

By Mu Qian — 09 Mar 2012 08:52:38 +0800

Armless pianist Liu Wei has been up to a lot more than releasing his first EP.

Arts & Design - Portrait of creativity

By Chen Nan — 08 Mar 2012 08:59:11 +0800

TV hostess and film actress Ni Ping's rediscovery of her passion for painting 'has thrust her artworks alongside the masters'.

Life/Travel - Finding Genghis Khan's Wall

By William Lindesay — 08 Mar 2012 08:55:19 +0800

Beijing-based Briton William Lindesay led an expedition into Mongolia's Gobi Desert in search of 'The Wall of Genghis Khan' to make one of the greatest discoveries of his 25-year-long exploration and research career at the Wall.

Dining & Wine - China joins coffee club

By Gan Tian — 07 Mar 2012 08:45:18 +0800

The drink was labeled a 'capitalist product' and shunned from the 1950s to the 1970s, but it is now more popular than ever.

Health - Let the blood flow

By Sun Li — 07 Mar 2012 08:39:50 +0800

A blood shortage has led to more perks for donors - for better or for worse.

Books - Man of many parts

By Mei Jia — 06 Mar 2012 08:45:00 +0800

Guo Jingming not only sells more books than any other Chinese writer, but also is a prominent businessman and a youthful celebrity figure.

TV & Movies - Going beyond borders

By Sun Li — 06 Mar 2012 08:42:33 +0800

A growing number of Chinese TV shows are being filmed overseas.

Fashion - Lingerie market gets bigger and better

By Du Juan — 05 Mar 2012 09:08:01 +0800

Investors flock to underwear as fashion develops and sales soar.

Fashion - Framing the question

By Tiffany Tan — 05 Mar 2012 09:02:27 +0800

Glasses without lenses are big in China, but are they focused fashion or hollow style statements?

Dining & Wine - Instant gratification

By Pauline D. Loh — 03 Mar 2012 08:36:27 +0800

Only have time for a quick meal? It can still be nutritious and easy to cook.

TV & Movies - The blame game

By Raymond Zhou — 03 Mar 2012 08:33:06 +0800

Zhang Yimou is humble and sincere, but the man behind him delivers an Oscar-worthy performance of the bad cop, again.

TV & Movies - Eager Tang Wei follows her star

By Liu Wei — 02 Mar 2012 09:00:08 +0800

Tang Wei's latest film has picked up 10 awards in South Korea.

Arts & Design - House of gold reflects creativity

By Chen Nan — 02 Mar 2012 08:54:20 +0800

An ongoing exhibition explores the art world of the past three decades through physically creating the concept of domestic space.

Life/Travel - The art of traveling

By Chen Nan — 01 Mar 2012 08:42:23 +0800

Colombo's annual street art festival, Kala Pola, is the perfect excuse to explore stunning Sri Lanka.

Life/Travel - From the darkness

By Chen Nan — 01 Mar 2012 08:36:59 +0800

New programs enable the visually impaired to enjoy films.

Life/Travel - Born with a silver spoon

By Liu Zhihua — 29 Feb 2012 09:18:30 +0800

Postnatal centers that take care of mother and child are becoming increasingly popular among China's rich new parents.

Life/Travel - Rarely celebrated

By Xu Lin and Wang Kaihao — 29 Feb 2012 09:07:18 +0800

They are special people, for their birthdays only come round once every four years. Leap year babies were born on Feb 29, but what about those who choose to get married that day?

Books - Read your leader

By Yang Guang — 28 Feb 2012 09:55:18 +0800

The books China's government officials pore over are a guide to what they're thinking.

TV & Movies - The golden girl is 'Iron Lady'

Agencies — 28 Feb 2012 09:52:37 +0800

Meryl Streep continues her career-long award streak with an Oscar for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher.

Life/Travel - To bee, or not to bee

By Cheng Anqi — 27 Feb 2012 09:30:37 +0800

China's indigenous honeybee is fighting for survival, following the introduction of the productive Italian honeybee and increasing environmental degradation.

Dining & Wine - Delicious fishes

By Ye Jun — 25 Feb 2012 09:09:06 +0800

Spring brings a bounty of sensational seafood from the Yangtze River to Beijing's dining scene.

TV & Movies - Clooney and a loony expected to silence The Artist's Oscar buzz

By Lee Hannon — 25 Feb 2012 08:45:18 +0800

It was once said every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood.

Arts & Design - Ties bind China and Germany

By Chen Nan — 24 Feb 2012 09:10:17 +0800

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Sino-German diplomatic ties, a Chinese Culture Year was launched at the end of January in Germany.

TV & Movies - For the ages

By Liu Wei — 24 Feb 2012 09:05:34 +0800

At 65, Hong Kong director Ann Hui discovers growing old offers new freedoms.

Life/Travel - A jungle girl at heart

By Zhang Zixuan — 23 Feb 2012 08:55:57 +0800

The modern-day wonders of Brunei pale beside its natural splendors for reporter Zhang Zixuan.

Arts & Design - Crazy for culture

By Zhang Zixuan — 23 Feb 2012 08:50:31 +0800

A former billionaire has blown his entire fortune on saving old relics and houses, which he's turning into the country's largest private folk art museum.

Arts & Design - Fishing for solutions

By Xu Junqian — 22 Feb 2012 09:17:51 +0800

A mountainside village that practices aquaculture in rice paddies might hold the key to improving agronomy nationwide.

Music & Theater - Plugging in

By Chen Nan — 22 Feb 2012 09:12:29 +0800

South Korean singer Lee Jae-won is among the growing number of artists from abroad who are hoping to make it big in the expanding China market.

Life/Travel - Village rides a wave of change after dam built

By Raymond Zhou and Tian Xuefei — 21 Feb 2012 09:36:10 +0800

A riverside community has found renewed hope in a rejuvenated ecosystem following the loss of farmland.

Arts & Design - Dogged by misfortune

By Han Bingbin — 21 Feb 2012 09:21:01 +0800

A group of hounds bound for the dinner table was intercepted in Chongqing. The problem now is how to nurse them back to health and care for them.

Life/Travel - A can-do question

By Tiffany Tan — 20 Feb 2012 09:55:59 +0800

A new recycling machine allows customers to turn empty drink containers into cash but also raises concerns about financing the country's green sector development.

Life/Travel - Big need for mother-and-baby nurses

By Huang Ying — 20 Feb 2012 09:54:04 +0800

Auspicious year for births will create stiff competition in the care sector

Dining & Wine - A taste for adventure

By Ye Jun — 18 Feb 2012 09:06:01 +0800

A tour of Crete was a revelation for our fine dining reporter Ye Jun, who fell in love with the island and its most famous product.

Arts & Design - A symbol of preservation

By Raymond Zhou — 18 Feb 2012 09:01:15 +0800

The leveling of an old-style house in Beijing that was the dwelling of a prominent couple of architects and preservationists has provoked a public outcry.

Music & Theater - Holding a torch for two divas

By Mu Qian — 17 Feb 2012 09:16:33 +0800

The Chinese media's entertainment sections have been focusing on the recent sad news of two divas, the African-American singer Whitney Houston and the Taiwan singer Fong Fei-fei.

Arts & Design - Private becomes public

By Zhu Linyong — 17 Feb 2012 09:07:53 +0800

An exhibition of works from a private collection in Beijing features great works from past masters.

Life/Travel - Falling in love with Detian

By Sun Li — 16 Feb 2012 09:17:39 +0800

Guangxi's Detian waterfall borders Vietnam and its neighboring Ban Gioc Falls. Sun Li takes a bamboo raft and explores further.

Arts & Design - Commercializing culture

By Mu Qian — 16 Feb 2012 09:12:28 +0800

A massive exhibition with performances in Beijing examines intangible heritage protection through profit generation.

Health - Beauty & the beast

By Liu Zhihua — 15 Feb 2012 09:14:27 +0800

As China prospers, more people seek cosmetic surgery to fulfill their dreams of being beautiful, but the results can be devastating if they take the cheap and easy options.

Arts & Design - Soldiers of good fortune

By Sun Li — 15 Feb 2012 09:07:57 +0800

A reality show seeks the military police's top cop by pitting contestants against the hardest hardships and toughest troops.

Books - Through a glass, warmly

By Yang Guang — 14 Feb 2012 09:01:44 +0800

Hong Ying has followed up on her two hit novels, inspired by her life experiences, with what she calls a supplement about the good things in her childhood.

TV & Movies - Adele back bigger than ever

Agencies — 14 Feb 2012 08:58:25 +0800

The performer who had to take a career break for four months won six gongs at the Grammys and was given a standing ovation after singing.