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Screen Fiends

[2017-03-01 07:49]

Yang Yifan is bionic. In a sense, that is. "My phone is part of my body," the 19-year-old says.

Missing out is nothing to fear

[2017-03-01 07:49]

Fear of missing out is a type of social anxiety.

Is internet lingo making us vulgar?

[2017-03-01 07:49]

Internet lingo, a linguistic phenomenon that originated with young web users, has become an increasingly interesting part of online culture.

Designing Culture

[2017-03-01 07:49]

The Red Mansion has remained a magnet for youth for a century.

Chinese scholarships to change fortunes of Kenyan students

[2017-03-01 07:49]

NAIROBI - Jamlick Mwangi Kariuki is set to depart Kenya for China for his engineering studies. The 19-year-old is among 35 students who form the second batch of Kenyan students and will pursue a bachelor's degree in railway studies at the Beijing Jiaotong University thanks to scholarships from the China Communications Construction Company.

US host families learn from foreign kids

[2017-03-01 07:49]

DENVER - It was Chen Miaofan's first trip away from her native China. At lunch with us in Denver, she looked so bemused that I had to ask: "Is this the first time you've had a hamburger?"

When art gets a dose of generosity

[2017-02-28 07:11]

Shortly after the opening of the Hangzhou-based Zhejiang Art Museum in 2009, the staff was contacted by the families of Fu Juanfu (1910-2007) in the United States. They hoped to make a considerable donation to the museum including Fu's artworks and his art collection.

Exhibition shines the spotlight on urbanism

[2017-02-28 07:11]

In her two installations called I Love Heavy Metal, Beijing-based musician and artist Ai Jing interprets an Eastern philosophy that hardness can be complemented with softness in a harmonious way.

Running amok in a good way

[2017-02-28 07:11]

In most of the world, 'amok' suggests someone's out of control, going a bit crazy. In Cambodia, it means tucking in for a really tasty Asian treat, Mike Peters reports from Siem Reap.

Sole Meuniere: improving on perfection

[2017-02-28 07:11]

Julia Child was able to remember the single most decisive moment in her life with photographic clarity. It was her first bite of her first meal in France, a fish dish called Sole Meuniere. That first forkful, she wrote, was "a morsel of perfection," and it set her on the path to become the Julia we'd come to know and love.

Making sense of the abstract

[2017-02-28 07:11]

Dansaekhwa, a low-profile South Korean art genre, will be presented in Shanghai this fall. Deng Zhangyu reports in Seoul.

Photo show on China gives US students insights

[2017-02-28 07:11]

WASHINGTON - "I could get on a plane and fly to China tomorrow," Monika Hoffarth-Zelloe says, as she marvels at photos on display at a community college in the US state of Virginia.

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