In a quiet corner of Beijing, a watch smith works quietly at restoring life to intricate works of art.Wings of aspiration Disappeared, not forgotten
An exhibition of the works of Zhang Zexun, the fifth-generation descendant of Tianjin-based clay sculpture art Clay Figure Zhang, is opened in south China's Macao, Jan 4, 2013.
Director Lai Shengchuan, director Meng Jinghui and actor Huang Lei attend a press conference of the first Wuzhen Theatre Festival in Beijing.
In China, the idea that one's character can be judged by the quality of his or her writing is more than an adage.
Artist Xu Bing's massive phoenixes take flight in the US, giving exhibition-goers a complex sense of China's rise.Help me out of the closet
Indian choreographer Shruti Merchant directed the Australian musical Merchants of Bollywood while it was on a world tour for two years in 2005, but was never convinced that it represented her home country.
Londoner David Crook joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1935 - likely with little inkling of the legacy awaiting him overseas.
A British couple chronicled rural northern China with their camera between 1947-48.
If you want to stand out from the crowd, handmade fashion and one-off, made-to-order pieces offer the perfect solution.From campus to capital
When the wind blew into his studio in 1963 and flipped one of his sketches over onto the floor, it turned a new page for Liu Kuo-sung's painting career.
The Orchid Pavilion is famous for A Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Poems, written by Wang Xishi. Today, it remains a popular venue for festivals celebrating the art of fine calligraphy.
Members of China's Xinjiang Tarim Performing Troupe pose for a group photo after their performance in Chicago, the United States, May 14, 2013.