China
Arts and Society
2012
Chinese Not Surprised By Zhang Ziyi Scandal
2005 - 2004
'Demigod' Li Earns Grudging Respect From Critics
Saying It Loud
A Film Without the Flash Gu Changwei's 'Peacock' doesn't need gimmicks -- or kungfu
Net gains bridge cultural gap Computer engineer sets up a cyber-student exchange between China and the US
2003
Singing for Survival Beijing opera used to be prime-time entertainment. Now its principals are ageing, apprentices are leaving and cash-strapped troupes play to empty houses or for foreign tourists
The Fat Lady is Singing Beijing opera seeks to reinvent itself in order to survive
Hooked on Fantasy Everquest, the popular multiplayer videogame for adults, is hitting China in a big way
Breaking the News The market is starting to unleash the media in China
Bobos in Shangri-la Just when China 's new affluents have begun to enjoy their bourgeois, lifestyle (a downtown apartment, flashy automobiles and Starbucks mochaccinos), along comes a book from America to stir up their latte lifestyles
2002 - 2001
Night Life in Beijing Beijing night life is doing a fast catch-up in the new millenium
Confucius Learning the old ways; Chinese disillusioned with both communism and capitalism are turning back to the ancient moralism of Confucius
Schlock Goes East Competition is bringing a more Western taste for sex, violence and melodrama to Chinese television
Phoenix Rising A Hong Kong satellite-TV station leads the way in opening up China's airwaves to outside influences
No Sex Please, We're Chinese A soft-spoken, bespectacled academic is heading a campaign to teach his fellow Chinese that sex is not a dirty word. So far, it's been an uphill battle
Trail of An Unknown Voice The mysterious poet Shuangqing: was the 18th century poet a female peasant or a male scholar? Two very different academics work to unravel the mystery
1998 - 1993
Change is Brewing Things are perking up nicely for Beijing's growing numbers of coffee lovers
Breathing in Bejing How bad is it?
Mao Fever enriches his home town