A visionary ahead of his time
[2016-12-17 09:26]Before Pritzker Prize winner Wang Shu shot to fame for his architectural brilliance, the man was a self-confessed rebel against pragmatism who struggled for several years with no job commissions.
Coping with prader-willi syndrome with Chinese medicine
[2016-12-10 07:14]Li Hang, 11, has been getting fatter since he was diagnosed with the Prader-Willi Syndrome at 3. In early March, his weight reached 167 kg.
Leather brings out his creative instincts
[2016-11-26 07:12]
Flowers, ocean waves, animals, totems: sitting in his northeast Beijing studio, Cai Honghao hammers on a piece of cow leather, bringing to life a new design.
Where teachers are scarce, internet fills gap
[2016-11-19 09:02]A broader school curriculum is reaching some of China's most remote communities, thanks to technology.
Raise a toast to San Francisco's military past
[2016-11-12 11:13]Looking for a taste of this city's rich military history? You'll find it, along with some rather good wine, at one of several wineries set up in former military installations.
Arctic farming: Town defies icy conditions with hydroponics
[2016-11-12 11:13]The landscape is virtually treeless around a coastal hub town above Alaska's Arctic Circle, where even summer temperatures are too cold for boreal roots to take hold.
Sugar pills work well to heal migraines
[2016-11-05 10:34]Sugar pills worked as well at preventing kids' migraines as two commonly used headache medicines, but had fewer side effects, in a study that may lead doctors to rethink how they treat a common ailment in children and teens.
Autism subtle or absent for some at risk
[2016-11-05 10:23]How women seemingly reduce or are unaffected by the mental disorder may unlock the key to treating male patients.
Belgian author of 'The Melting' creates stir
[2016-11-05 10:10]She's a literary sensation whose debut novel has sold over 100,000 copies, yet unless you speak Dutch you've probably never heard of writer Lize Spit.
Remembering a remarkable woman
[2016-10-22 07:26]At midnight on April 30, 1937, a beautiful American woman, 30, secretly jumped out the window of her room on the first floor of the Xijing Hotel in Xi'an, the capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province.
For love, for art
[2016-10-08 08:02]Arguably the most famous art-collecting couple in China, Liu Yiqian and his wife Wang Wei have continued their prolific streak with the opening of the new Long Museumin Chongqing.
Caught by the shadows of 'African realism'
[2016-09-24 07:43]The favorite Chinese writer of the Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma right now is Yan Lianke, who came up with what he calls spiritual realism to represent his pursuit for "invisible truth" in his novels.
