METRO followed Zhang Haijun, a senior traffic police officer with the Jinsong branch of the Chaoyang traffic police group, for a day on the roads.
An exhibition showcasing 60 important Chinese paintings and calligraphy works, including some rare pieces that date back to the Song Dynasty (960-1279), opened in Poly Art Museum on Dec 7.
This is an exclusive evening at UCCA where artists will lead you on an intimate tour of their exhibitions. Liu Xiaodong, Yang Yong, Sui Jianguo and Lu Zhengyuan will participate.
The belief that art can serve as a bridge to the mind has become a reality for Philein Wang - a dancer, musician and poet who uses her talents to express the confusion many Chinese Americans, like her, feel about their cultural identity in China.
Coming shows and events
As brisk winter weather descends on the capital, the cold and flu season is in full swing.
Security in Beijing, just like in any city of the world, is earned by competent and fair policing.
Beauty isn't a word you associate with the rusty, old sanlunche (literally, three-wheeled vehicle) that can be seen trundling along Beijing's roads.
Beijing, often tagged as China's cultural center, has its fair share of traditional art forms on offer. Few though are as close to extinction as Liaoqi with only four practitioners in China, all from the same family and living in Beijing, believed to still master the mysterious material.
A very colorful slice of the Big Apple is in Beijing until the end of the year at Chang Art Gallery.
For most native Beijingers who were born in the 1960s, 1970s or 1980s, one of their most precious toys is likely to be a "pecking rooster", a metal toy that looks like two roosters perched on a rod that lower their heads and peck at a plate in turn.
As Chinese cinema continues to establish itself on the international stage, a growing number of foreign actors and Chinese talent agencies are taking advantage of a niche market that can no longer be faked, Alice Philipson discovers.
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