To escape the cold, dreary weather of Shanghai during winter, only one destination enters my mind - Yunnan province.
Hans Rosling is a Swedish medical doctor who rose to prominence when he produced a Ted Talk in which he promoted the use of data to explore development issues. He said, "My best friend in medical school was a magician. We were shown an X-ray of a sword swallower, and I tried it and failed. Then I got a sword swallower as a patient, and he taught me."
The results of an Oxford University study revealed yesterday that when it comes to sustaining friendships women need to get on the phone and men need to get down to the pub. Those who move from their home town to study elsewhere and don't do this could find their friendship circle diminishing rapidly - by around 40 per cent after just six months.
Can men and women ever be just friends? It is the eternal question that When Harry Met Sally set out to answer in 1989, and endless romcoms have continued to debate in the decades since (Friends with Benefits, 13 Going on 30 and so on).
Resistance is futile; How can you possibly not fall instantly in love with these five impish boys and, smitten, reach for the "like" button?
Chinese TV viewers typically say that Chinese nature documentaries are not as good as their Western counterparts. But, a new China Central Television documentary series shot in high-definition is getting an unprecedented response.
Till about three decades ago, the most familiar foreign films for the Chinese were not from Hollywood but imported from Central and Eastern Europe.
Science fiction, a dominant genre in Hollywood, has yet to find its feet in the Chinese movie industry. But change is underway.
The Glory of Tang Dynasty, a Chinese TV series that showed romance, warfare and court conspiracy amid social upheaval of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), ended on Wednesday.
The China-Finland-Canada coproduction Iron Sky: The Ark introduced its Chinese filmmakers at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival on Feb 13.