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.
An old opera tradition, struggling to survive, finds new fans in young university students.
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.
A series of concerts show the Straits Philharmonic Orchestra is not only musically important but also a bridge across the Taiwan Straits.
Autumn is considered the golden season to travel to the following places.
General David Petraeus shifts from Iraq to Afghanistan as another US president asks him to make an unpopular mission possible.
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?
Charice Pempengco, the petite Filipino teenager whose knockout voice has wowed Oprah and millions worldwide, recently caused a stir of another kind.
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.
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.
At a glance there is not much glamour in a coat or T-shirt that seems to have been run through a paper shredder.
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.