Friday May 24 2013

 

The best smiles may be all wet
The new fashion for an artistic portrait photo: Take it underwater. Zhang Xiaomei, a 20-something Shanghai native who works in the media industry, tried it out twice.
Sun's back, and he's even better

Olympic champion freestyle swimmer says dispute with coach forced him to mature.

Art for the ages

An 18-year-old opera performer represents both the past and future of traditional Chinese opera, according to Liu Xiangrui.

Book boom

Science publisher reaches into new areas to take Chinese research and ideas into the world beyond, Mei Jia reports.

Luscious Lombok

Paradise lost and secrets found in Indonesia's island hideaways, as Lee Hannon reports.

Second Sight

Paul Lai believes that groovy spectacles allow their wearers to assume different identities. Rebecca Lo discovers that his Vintage Glasses are supplied to a client list that...

Rice, Kazak style

A plate of pilaf is just the start of a homestyle Central Asian feast, Mike Peters discovers.

Warriors to the Golden Gate

They were a Chinese emperor's elite guards, faithful to the last. China's most famous warriors are back in San Francisco, and Chen Jia is on site to record their adventures.

Chinese films reel in audiences at Dubai festival
Bridging the Gulf

Ang Lee’s oscar success and growing economic ties whet Dubai’s interest in embracing Chinese language and culture.

Thumbing a ride to grab an adventure across the nation

Li Shengbo, 24-year-old undergraduate in Beijing, stopped school for a year to hitchhike around China.

Walking their way to health

Getting fit is just that easy, thanks to a pole-assisted regimen invented by Finns and adopted by Chinese, reports Peng Yining.

Follow your heart to discover the world

White-collar worker quit job to start a journey of self-discovery, fulfillment.

The new face of China fashion

During the recently concluded China Fashion Week, the hottest looks didn't appear on any of the runway shows. They weren't even unveiled in China. They emerged from an airplane...

Opening up on autism

World Autism Day was on April 2, and to commemorate the occasion, buildings in Shanghai and Beijing lit up for the cause. Liu Zhihua and Nick Compton tell us more about this...

Good Samaritan

While essential items were scarce during the SARS period, there was one kind grocer who instead of taking advantage of the situation, continued selling his goods at unchanged...

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