It was 1 o'clock on Sunday afternoon when Anne-Sophie Mutter warmly greeted everyone at a hotel room in Beijing.
Tang Dynasty (618-907) poet Du Fu, who's regarded as one of the greatest, would not have expected to become the subject of an online pop culture trend in 2012, the 1,300th anniversary of his birth year.
More than 50 important works — woodcut prints, videos, drawings, installations — that represent renowned Chinese artist Xu Bing's incredible achievements over more than 40 years — are on display at the Asia Society Texas Center.
In the bustling streets of Luanda, Angola's capital, a wave of enthusiasm for learning the Chinese language is sweeping through the young population.
In the back of my mind, I have long considered myself past the point of keeping track of entertainment industry trends. I might pay attention to a new singer's name if the music strikes a chord with me, or an actor when the performance tugs at my heartstrings.
German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is on tour in China, playing a recital at Shanghai Oriental Art Center on Mar 15, and then at the National Center for Performing Arts in Beijing on Mar 17.
Nestled in the mountains stretching across the border between the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and Guizhou province, Wuying, a village with a large population of the Miao ethnic group, has witnessed dramatic change over the past decade.
Jiang Shumei learned her first Chinese character at the age of 60. Now, the 87-year-old grandmother from Northeast China's Heilongjiang province is the proud author of six books.
Having worked as a village doctor for nearly two decades, Yang Lianying, a 44-year-old deputy to the 14th National People's Congress, stands out as a voice for her profession.
The Yuan Art Museum, located in the Junhao Central Park Plaza of Beijing's Chaoyang district, officially opened on Sunday, with its inaugural exhibition, Launching a New Era: Body and Language as Manifesto.
For more than a month, Chen Jinxiang, a villager from Puning, a city in South China's Guangdong province, had been living a life like the fictional Clark Kent: working by day — in this case as the owner of an online clothes shop — and becoming a hero when needed.
Hunching over with shovel in hand, 30-year-old Zhu Yingpei is at work in a newly excavated tomb in Xianyang in Northwest China's Shaanxi province. She is accompanied by a group of female archaeologists.
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