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Playing hockey with fins

[2017-03-22 07:35]

The hold-your-breath sport of underwater hockey has gained a worldwide following - and now a Hong Kong team is diving in as the game takes off in Asia.

Four places where you can swim with sharks

[2017-03-22 07:35]

When it comes to bucket-list adventures, swimming with sharks is near the top for a lot of adrenaline junkies. Many of the adventures on the list require scuba diving, but at some locations, even non-divers with a desire to get up close and personal with the top of the food chain can jump in and face their fears.

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[2017-03-22 07:35]

Music

Bactrian bounty

[2017-03-21 06:55]

If you want to see artifacts from the Bactrian hoard, your time has come. A selection of around 20,000 gold artifacts excavated in 1978 from several tombs in Tilla Tepe in northern Afghanistan by a Greek-Soviet archaeologist Viktor Sarianidi is displayed in Beijing.

Exhibition highlights work by Dunhuang pioneer

[2017-03-21 06:55]

While there is still debate over whether the studies of Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) of the murals in Dunhuang's Mogao Grottoes damaged the art, his work during a time of war and social upheaval is much prized.

French and proud

[2017-03-21 06:55]

For Yohan Fatela, the French chef at Heritage restaurant in the Wanda Sofitel, every day is about celebrating his country's cuisine.

Chefs cook up bites of spring as weather warms

[2017-03-21 06:55]

French chefs around the world are celebrating the joie de vivre and the joy of spring on Tuesday, but they have no monopoly on the season. We've checked around China for some good eats, from nibbles to big plates to what may be the reddest cocktail we've ever seen.

Beijing bartender on way to Venezuela

[2017-03-21 06:55]

Frankie Zou will represent China in Ron Diplomatico's third annual global competition for rum-based cocktails, winning the national final last week judged on taste, technique, presentation - and meeting a seven-minute time limit.

In tune with the times

[2017-03-21 06:55]

Documenta, a high-profile contemporary art fair held every five years in the German city of Kassel, is now in China.

New creative space in Beijing offers a truly chic presentation

[2017-03-21 06:55]

Photos of bottles found in an Amsterdam canal, vintage jewelry, antique coins and videos on light are displayed at a chic show at a new art space in Sanlitun, an entertainment hub in Beijing.

25 years of Hauser & Wirth to be celebrated at HK Art Basel

[2017-03-21 06:55]

Iwan and Manuela Wirth - the art world's power couple - have their hands full with meetings ahead of Art Basel Hong Kong, which begins on Thursday.

Treat for opera fans

[2017-03-20 07:02]

Lucia di Lammermoor, a coproduction by Russia's Mariinsky Theatre and the National Center for the Performing Arts, will be staged in Beijing from April 9 to 12 as the opener for the NCPA Opera Festival.

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