Make me your Homepage
left corner left corner
China Daily Website

  • Culture vultures swoop into Chaoyang

    2010-08-24 09:52

    Chaoyang Cultural Center's snazzier reincarnation of itself is set to make waves across the capital with the makeovers of its Old Beijing Museum, Nine Theater and Center of Rose in Beijing.

  • In the mood for Kunqu

    2010-08-24 09:51

    An old opera tradition, struggling to survive, finds new fans in young university students.

  • Going with the flow of water and worldliness

    2010-08-24 09:48

    Many people in Bulgaria's capital, Sofia, know about an ancient building on Oborishte Street - the former home of Dr Ianto Kaneti (1910-2004) and his Chinese wife, Zhang Sunfen.

  • In perfect tune with one another

    2010-08-24 09:40

    A series of concerts show the Straits Philharmonic Orchestra is not only musically important but also a bridge across the Taiwan Straits.

  • Best destinations in autumn

    2010-08-23 11:19

    Autumn is considered the golden season to travel to the following places.

  • Back in the spotlight

    2010-08-22 10:26

    General David Petraeus shifts from Iraq to Afghanistan as another US president asks him to make an unpopular mission possible.

  • Off the grid, into the brain

    2010-08-22 10:21

    It is a small thing, the kind of change many vacationers notice in themselves as they unwind and lose track of time. But for Mr. Braver and his companions, these moments lead to a question: What is happening to our brains?

  • Botox shock: Teenagersare doing it

    2010-08-22 10:16

    Charice Pempengco, the petite Filipino teenager whose knockout voice has wowed Oprah and millions worldwide, recently caused a stir of another kind.

  • '50s redux: Anxietyreturns

    2010-08-22 10:16

    Do you find yourself waking up in the middle of the night, fretful, on the verge of panic? Welcome back to the 1950s - yet again.

  • New promise for Web videos

    2010-08-22 10:09

    When Illeana Douglas, long active in independent film, wanted to make a show about a Hollywood actress who becomes a blue-collar worker, she turned to the Web and to an unusual ally, Ikea.

  • Shredding as a form of rebellion

    2010-08-22 10:09

    At a glance there is not much glamour in a coat or T-shirt that seems to have been run through a paper shredder.

  • Real man food

    2010-08-22 10:00

    It is a common Chinese culinary belief that what you eat is what you will become. It drives a persistent off-mainstream market for certain animal parts. Ye Jun tells us more.

...