Cutting edge

Artist Gao Shaoping, nicknamed "golden scissors", beside her works, and chatting with visitors to her paper-cuts exhibition in Fuzhou, Fujian province, last month. The national inheritor of the paper-cutting craft has been engaged in the art since her teens.

In 2009, the craft was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Gao has visited more than 30 countries, showcasing the unique appeal of Chinese paper-cutting to international friends.