Weekend Life
Weekend Life / People

Back with a bang

[2017-06-03 09:47]

Chinese band Escape Plan to hold rock concert at the Workers' Gymnasium in Beijing

Rumpus at the dinner table leads to a drama in three scenes

[2017-06-03 09:25]

How children behaving badly can result in adults behaving even more badly.

Tintin's creator and his decades-long love for China

[2017-06-03 09:17]

How a friendship gave Herge an appreciation for Chinese culture, which refined his work.

The two sides of a legend

[2017-05-20 10:52]

While she may be renowned for her compelling performances on the silver screen, the dramatic life of Shanghai actress Qin Yi has proved to be just as captivating.

Nature recreated in Japanese artists awe-inspiring paintings

[2017-05-13 07:27]

Hiroshi Senju's sublime, large-scale paintings of waterfalls and cliffs are renowned for combining the techniques of abstract expressionism with Japan's centuries-old nihonga style of painting.

Léonore Baulac becomes a rising star in ballet

[2017-05-13 07:27]

Léonore Baulac is the new principal dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet, one of the most selective ballet companies in the world alongside Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet and London's Royal Ballet. At just 26 years old, she's achieved the highest rank - here, she shares her rise to the top and her lifetime of dance, both on and off the stage

A doctor in Africa whose medicine is humanity

[2017-04-29 08:52]

Zhong Risheng was determined to go to Africa regardless of his family's protests. The continent's pull was difficult to ignore as was the doctor's passion to help people.

Li brocade weaves its way to global fame

[2017-04-29 08:46]

Embroidery often called rare living fossil.

Coffee with ... Pascal de Sarthe

[2017-04-15 07:39]

What made you decide to be based in Asia?

Electric eclectic

[2017-04-15 07:39]

You've described the Elektric Band's Asian tour as both a reunion and a "creation". What makes this band so special?

A rendezvous with Carla

[2017-04-15 07:39]

Thank you for welcoming China Daily Lifestyle Premium. First, I'd like to discuss the Fondation Carla Bruni Sarkozy, which you created a few years ago.

Going against the grain

[2017-03-25 07:27]

Being a scientist means one must challenge existing dogma and authority, says J Craig Venter, a biotechnologist and geneticist who visited Beijing at the end of 2016 to receive the VCANBIO Award for International Cooperation in Life Sciences and Medicine.

...