The author is a columnist and culture critic with China Daily
The need for religious advice has spawned an army of self-proclaimed saints who roam for patrons and grant titles as if they were actors in a palace drama.
A nursing mother has become the subject of ridicule and empathy, as people living in a rapidly changing society grapple with gray areas, such as provocative gestures and explicit content.
I was not yet 16 when I first met them, and in the four ensuing years they became the elder sisters and brothers I never had.
As the epitome of classical music in China, Beethoven has figured prominently in concert programs, but also in China's political landscape.
Three of the most revered masters in contemporary performing arts hail from Taiwan, yet their works are imprinted with a legacy that goes far back into cultural China.
Creator of The Lion King, the world's top-grossing musical, shares her views on cultural inspiration and racial sensitivity before its Chinese debut.
Box-office trickery can take many forms. Jazzing up attendance by paying for empty seats may embellish a report card, but it creates a bubble in the long term.
The announcement of this year's Nobel Prize in medicine has triggered a new debate on TCM, and reminds us that modern medical science depends on inspiration from every possible source.
Chinese way of teaching and learning-with both its strengths and weaknesses-is revealed on a BBC show.
A dispute between a restaurant and a customer boils over into a debate about class disparity and mutual respect.
China's most enterprising monk is ensnared in another web of accusations signifying either difficulty of blazing new trails or weakness of human nature.
Men and women getting into a swimming pool and having some clean fun is much better than having parents hawk their marriage like yard sale.