William Shakespeare's King Lear is usually staged in London's West End or New York's Broadway. But on a night in Leping, Jiangxi province, a county-level city in East China's Jiangxi province, the tragic king reappears as Li Er, reimagined through Ganju, a centuries-old local opera.
Renowned authors bring stories to remote villages, empowering both adults and children through the healing power of literature, Yang Feiyue reports.
The ongoing exhibition includes several works that attest to this two-way exchange.
Millennia-old lacquerware sheds light on the use of black and red to create a visual language of art in everyday life, Zhao Xu reports.
Chinese vendors are quickly becoming online celebrities, thanks to the meme-worthy ways they sell their ware.
Spring light gently touches Shanghai's iconic Wukang Building! With its distinctive ship-like silhouette and elegant lines, this historic landmark reflects the refined spirit of French Renaissance architecture.
Deng Ping (1908-35), a senior commander who made great sacrifices in the fight for victory more than 90 years ago in Zunyi, Guizhou province, recently rose again to greet the world with a smile.
TIANJIN — For Pakistani researcher Muhammad Salman Nasir, weekdays begin with a routine that reflects China's shifting energy landscape: driving a Chinese-made hybrid electric vehicle to take his son, a second grader, to school.
A five-day international culinary exchange program, Flavors of the Silk Road, was recently held in the capital, bringing together leading chefs, food writers and industry figures from around the world.
HOHHOT — At the Inner Mongolia Museum in North China, a relics restorer in a white coat maneuvers an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer close to a gilt silver saddle from the Tang Dynasty (618-907), and within a few dozen seconds, data about the object's metallic elements flash across the screen, which will guide the meticulous restoration to come.
Atale pulsing with ambition, desire, and the weight of dreams, Emerald City, the classic play published in 1987 by acclaimed Australian playwright David Williamson, has been adapted into a Chinese production for the first time by the Beijing People's Art Theatre.