Fan Lixin: Presenting China through independent lens
2012-10-12 12:19:15
Chinese-Canadian director Fan Lixin recently took home two Emmy awards, Best Documentary and Best Long-Form Business and Economic Reporting, for his first documentary, Last Train Home.
Artist searches for former nanny in Shanghai
2012-10-12 07:49:16
Peter Max, who left China 60 years ago, has returned to Shanghai for the first time, and his greatest wish is to find his nanny.
Music ambassador delivers universal message
2012-10-11 10:54:18
In recent years, Chinese pianist Lang Lang has risen to fame in both China and the West, playing with top American orchestras.
Mo Yan earns praise for historical perspectives
2012-10-10 07:07:48
As speculations intensify over this year's Nobel Prize in literature, much attention has been focused on Mo Yan, a heavyweight on China's literary scene since the mid-1980s.
Chinese yachtsmen race for sailing's future
2012-10-03 11:08:00
China Team is gearing up for the second America's Cup World Series this week with the future of sailing in China in their hands and in the wind.
Chinese-American group honors 3 women
2012-09-29 02:54:51
The Chinese Historical Society of America recently named three Chinese-American women as its Voice and Vision 2012 honorees.
Chinese actresses get short shrift in new Hollywood epics
2012-09-29 01:11:37
The latest sign of a Chinese invasion in Hollywood is a string of performances so short, you'll miss them if you blink.
California dreaming
2012-09-28 07:53:46
Winemaker emeritus basks in golden years and the fruit of his own winery.
Profiles of a changing China
2012-09-28 10:59:47
In an essay about Tibetan youth, featured in Chinese Characters: Profiles of Fast-Changing Lives in a Fast-Changing Land, a young man faces a deep crisis.
Chinese student enrollment causes flap in California
2012-09-28 10:59:47
Recruitment of nearly 800 Chinese students by a small Roman Catholic university in San Francisco has prompted one of its administrators to resign.
A friendship founded on love of music
2012-09-28 10:59:47
Philanthropy and classical music will unite with a concert this weekend by acclaimed pianist Lang Lang to open the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Hall at California's Sonoma State University.
Red singer rising
2012-09-23 07:59:56
Mention "red songs" in China and images of massed choirs belting out patriotic, revolutionary scores spring to mind.