The first time Dardanio Manuli went to China, many of his friends and colleagues thought he was mad. It was the autumn of 2003 amid scare over SARS pandemic.
More than 8 million euros ($10.2 million) has been invested in the Pairi Daiza zoo park south of Brussels and Chinese craftsmen worked on its construction.
The one-hour talk extended to one and a half hours and even then, 30 minutes after it ended, members of the audience and media crowded outside the dressing room of Shen Wei, hoping for more. The scene, at a recent event in Beijing, was testimony to the success of Shen, who is among China's most acclaimed choreographers and who worked on the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.
Chinese artist Yuan Xikun received the Pro Cultura Hungarica award on Nov 8 at the Embassy of the Republic of Hungary in Beijing. Yuan is the first Chinese person to receive the award, which is the highest cultural prize of Hungary.
Sabrina Merolla is enthralled by the images that flit past her eyes every day in Beijing. Through her camera lens those seemingly transient scenes of everyday life take on a more permanent nature.
This year, for the first time, Janice Blackburn, one of Britain's most influential curators, has been focusing on the work of Chinese design students.
Italian Alessandro Baccarin, 15, in black robes and Feiyue shoes, a Chinese brand from the 1920s, performs martial arts with a sword.
Chinese-British writer and physician Elizabeth Comber, whose pen name was Han Suyin, died at the age of 95 on Friday in Lausanne.
The time difference enables Ehrmann, manager of Jupiter China Fund in London, to get an idea of what has been happening in China without being hit by any sudden, unpleasant surprises.
An art exhibition featuring seal-cutting and calligraphy by former vice-premier Li Lanqing opened on Thursday at the British Museum.
In the game of life, some may have wondered if the career of China's top chess player Wang Hao had come to a stalemate of sorts.
A little less than half a lifetime ago Hans Martin Galliker was starting a farming apprenticeship in Switzerland. Now, 17 years later, he is in the fashion business.
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