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A scene from A Tale of Golden Locks. Photo: IC Peking opera A Tale of Golden Locks, based on a novel by renowned writer Eileen Chang, will be staged at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) in Beijing on November 21. The opera, created by Taiwan's Guoguang Opera Company, comprises fi...

A print from the exhibition showing people busy pulling sleds on Peking city moat. By Liu Junhuan A rarely seen perspective on the Imperial City will be unveiled in a forthcoming exhibition of images of old Peking from Western eyes at the time. As part of the 4th China Beijing International Cult...

"I have helped living people, helped myself and I also helped the dead."--- Au Yeung Ping Chi Hong Kong craftsman By Li Li He sells goods for the dead. Using bamboo chips, scissors, glue and colored paper, Au Yeung Ping Chi is making a "digital camera". The 32-year-old craftsman works with his ...

Traditional paper handicraft for a libation ceremony displayed in Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan, a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong Province. Photo: CFP The practice of burning paper offerings reportedly first appeared around 386 AD at the start of the Wei Dynasty when Chinese people st...

By Liu Chang Fine Art Beijing, the only classic art fair of its kind in China, will open today at the Agricultural Exhibition Center. The four-day event aims to promote a deeper understanding of classic arts and boost communication between classic art collectors and art institutions in China and...

Musicaltheater performer, Shadow. By Xing Daiqi As a rare treat in this year's Beijing International Theater and Dance Festival, China's "musical queen" known simply as Shadow, will take to the Capital Theater's stage for the premiere of her one-woman show, I Dreamed a Dream. Set to not only del...

Traditional Chinese cuisine seems a far cry from the high-tech equipment used in so-called molecular cuisine. But Dong Zhenxiang, owner of the Da Dong restaurant in Beijing which is a leader of the trendy culinary movement here, says fresh techniques can only improve traditional Chinese cooking. ...

A desk screen from the 1904 fair depicting Mary and Jesus dressed in Qing clothes. By Liu Junhuan With the 2010 Shanghai World Expo fast approaching, related events are gathering steam. The auctioning of world exposition artifacts, which includes around 100 precious world expo-related antiques...

An historic photo from the New Jewish Synagogue. Photo: CFP By Yu Shougang Walking along the streets in Harbin, the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, you see a large amount of well-preserved European-style architecture, among which is a site with a distinctive Star of David on ...

By Liu Meng Lian Si, a postdoctoral student of political science at Peking University, published his first book, Ants (Yizu), an exposé based on his two-year investigation into the communities of low-income college graduates living in suburbs of China's largest cities in September. Ever s...