From Casablanca to the capital
2011-01-27 07:41:17
The year is 1937 and washed-up American singer John Ramsey has just arrived for a one-month stint as a lounge singer in Beijing.
Australian Day is celebrated in Chinese capital
2011-01-26 07:59:25
G'day mate! Today is the Australian national day, affectionately known as "Aussie Day".
Collecting memories
2011-01-26 07:59:25
Tucked in the basement of a gift shop at Yandaixiejie Street is a special festival treat, a small exhibition of Chinese New Year paintings. The exhibition, entitled The Beautiful Folk Art, is a personal collection of New Year paintings, which are called nianhua in Chinese.
In the shops
2011-01-19 07:58:16
Rapping in the Beijing dialect and representing the masses, In 3's Chen Haoran, Jia Wei and Meng Guodong have one of the largest followings among Chinese hip hop fans.
From Brooklyn to Beijing, doing hip hop Chinese style
2011-01-19 07:58:16
Like cities all over the world, today's Beijing resonates to beats from the likes of Jay-Z and Kanye West. But what of local hip hop? Natalie Thomas goes out to investigate.
Getting in touch with the people
2011-01-13 08:05:51
Being in charge of a Beijing community is a particularly tricky profession.
Rock 'n' roll bands come together on innovative new album
2011-01-12 08:00:57
A milestone album named Generation Six, due to be released later this month, looks likely to define a new era of Chinese rock 'n' roll by gathering the sounds of four promising rock 'n' roll bands in Beijing: Rustic, Birdstriking, FLYX and Old Fashion.
The boy is back in town
2011-01-12 08:00:57
If you were busy last year and had no time for art, there is one exhibition you should try and make time to see in the new year.
Curtain going up on new musical district
2011-01-05 08:36:58
A new area in Tongzhou could provide the soundtrack for Beijing in the years to come and help it hit the right note in its bid to become a world city, according to Wang Yunfeng, the district's Party chief.
Int'l short play festival hits city for third time
2011-01-05 08:36:58
Makeup, dialogue, costumes, sets. Everyone and everything is getting ready with the last rehearsals at Penghao Theater in Dongmianhua Hutong, one of the alleys that branches out to the east from Nanluoguxiang.
A man who gets things moving
2010-12-22 08:08:52
METRO followed Zhang Haijun, a senior traffic police officer with the Jinsong branch of the Chaoyang traffic police group, for a day on the roads.
Fabulous rare works star in new exhibition
2010-12-15 08:33:15
An exhibition showcasing 60 important Chinese paintings and calligraphy works, including some rare pieces that date back to the Song Dynasty (960-1279), opened in Poly Art Museum on Dec 7.