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  • Virtual tours make museumsavailable to all around the clock

    2011-04-19 09:00

    Anyone who has used Google Maps with Street View, which uses 360-degree street-level imagery, has been on a virtual tour.

  • Farmers' fair a hit with those keen to eat green

    2011-04-18 08:06

    Two colorful scarecrows were carefully posed in the center of the school playground, a beacon for the enthusiastic buyers that swarmed around the booths of farmers from about 20 organic farms in Beijing.

  • Store to try before you buy

    2011-04-07 08:08

    Why buy when you can borrow? The capital now has a three-story superstore reserved solely for traders offering rental services.

  • Good luck comes with flying colors

    2011-03-30 07:55

    Flying kites is a popular pastime for many Beijingers. But for kite-maker Hao Deli, kites are more than just a fun outdoor activity, they are art.

  • Brushing up on some new moves

    2011-03-25 14:59

    Bai Desheng, 60, performs martial arts as he practices calligraphy on the ground with a huge brush soaked in water, in Kaifeng city, Central China’s Henan province. Bai combines martial arts moves and handwriting as a new style of performance.

  • Kneading innovation

    2011-03-23 07:41

    An acclaimed dough figurine sculptor has crafted a career outside of conventions and carved out a market for miniatures that bear an innovative flair. Wu Wencong reports.

  • Abundant diversity

    2011-03-21 08:03

    Never have the country's bamboos swayed and swirled so much from their traditional image of upright seclusion into the twisted chaos created by artist Huang Zhi-yang, with a whole room of swirling and stretching bamboo branches that left many viewers in confusion. However, Huang said it's not his style to painstakingly explain the intention of design.

  • Five flavors to savor in Venice

    2011-03-21 08:03

    At the 54th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, the China Pavilion will not only be dreamy, it will also be aromatic.

  • What's on March 16, 2011

    2011-03-16 10:13

    Events and exhibits

  • Cutting through myth of ancient art

    2011-03-16 09:52

    The easiest and cheapest way to add a little Chinese style to a home is to paste a pair of paper rabbits onto the windows, representing good luck in the Year of the Rabbit.

  • Finding hope in people's stories

    2011-03-14 07:57

    Ruby Yang's China trilogy gives an outsider's perspective on the changes transforming the country.

  • Cutting it fine with silk that's soaked in tea

    2011-03-14 07:57

    "I'm passionate about tea-silk," said Kathrin Rechenberg in her bright and airy studio just north of the Sanlitun embassy district.

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