Weekend Life
Weekend Life / People

Send in the clown

[2017-09-02 08:20]

Russian Slava Polunin remembers his friends laughing when he imitated Charlie Chaplin's walk after watching The Kid as a kid - and realizes it may have been the start of his career.

Dragon boat paddlers set for New York event

[2017-08-26 07:15]

Dressed in her Catch22 team-logo tank top, Stacy Wu hit for a morning exercise on the lake of World Fair Marina in New York on Aug 13, together with her dragon boat teammates.

Reflections on life set to music

[2017-08-26 07:16]

As a teenager, Ke Da-wei was a big fan of pop music and whenever he bought a new CD he would avidly read the booklet inside the CD case.

Blockbuster joins ranks of 100 top films

[2017-08-19 10:53]

Fresh from shattering China's box-office record, blockbuster Wolf Warriors 2 has claimed another slice of history by becoming the first non-Hollywood film to break into the top 100 all-time grossing movies worldwide.

Festival born out of snapshots of a mother's life

[2017-08-19 10:46]

The fourth International Women's Festival kicked off in Beijing last Friday. The brainchild of Beijing-based theater director Li Zi, the biennial event made its debut in 2011.

Lingering melodies of a singer-songwriter

[2017-08-19 10:36]

Liang Xiaoxue wanted to create more space for the imagination with his instrumental album

Director unveils show at UK festival

[2017-08-19 10:13]

Renowned Chinese film director Zhang Yimou, who's also known for directing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, made the overseas premiere of his new conceptual performance in Edinburgh Fringe Festival last Saturday and Sunday.

Ethiopia receives a healing touch

[2017-08-19 10:05]

Chinese medical teams provide medical assistance

Freshly Roasted

[2017-08-12 09:05]

You might not have heard of Chi Zi yet, but many certainly have-he's feverishly endorsed by more than 810,000 fans on his Sina Weibo blog.

Art is My Domain

[2017-08-12 09:05]

Elena Chinyaeva is the chief adviser to .art - which oversees the new internet domain extension - on business development and communications. She explains the impetus behind the launch of.art and the growing presence of art-focused websites

Puppet gives the little soldier, Zhang Ga, new life

[2017-07-29 07:14]

Almost every Chinese grows up knowing the story of a young boy named Zhang Ga, and his determination to become a soldier.

Raising the barre

[2017-07-29 07:13]

China's most acclaimed ballet dancer Tan Yuanyuan completed the last of many tasks her eponymous ballet studio had set out to do when she launched a book titled Zujian Shangde Yishu.

...