When East Meets West

AFTERIarriVedintheUSinAugUst,1994,IkeptwonderingwhyGoddividedtheearthintoEastandtheWest,makingthemsodifferentinsomanyaspects.IstUdiedintheCommunicationsDepartmentofillinoisStateUniversity,andIlivedintheso-calledInternationalHouseoncampus,adormforbothinternationalandamericanst-"dents.Usually,twostudentssharedoneroom.Sincemyroommatedidnotshowupforthesemester,thecoordinatorofthedormaskedmetomakeachoicebetweenlivingaloneandpayinganother260dollarsfortheprivilege,orhavingaroommate.Ipreferre…     

When Film Meets World

After 30 years of reform,the Chinese film industry awaits more progress To celebrate this year's 60th anniver-sary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, a stellar cast of China's top filmmakers and actors are making a film temporarily named Founding a Country. The film stars many household names-Andy Lau, Jiang Wen, Ge You, Vivian Wu, and prestigious directors Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang-who all make appearances. Han Sanping is behind the camera.     

When Sex Meets Law

A professor’s sentence for swinging causes mass debate Ma Yaohai, an associate professor of computer science at Nanjing University of Technology in east China’s Jiangsu Province, was     

When Science Meets Art

Scenes from daily life flow on a 20-meter-high screen where the audience witnesses how they are transformed into the square characters of Chinese calligraphy.This is Chinese artist Xu Bing's animated video,The Character of Characters,in which each Chinese character is presented as a picture.Through hand-painted animation,the video illustrates how the Chinese writing system has originated and evolved.Xu said the work was derived from observing and analyzing the work of the 14thcentury calligrapher Zhao Mengfu,and then adding imagination to it.     

When Art Meets 3D

<正>The presentation of the vanguard work,My Dream3D,the innovative production by the China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe(CDPPAT),directed by Joy Joosang Park,provided the film’s domestic premiere at Beijing’s Olympic Park onApril7.The show provided an intriguing insight not     

When Yangzhou Lacquerware Meets Japan

Lacquerware is the most representative handicraft of Yangzhou with a history of more than two thousand years.It originated in the Warring States Period(475-221 BCE),thrived in the Han(206BCE–220 CE)and Tang(618-907)and peaked in the Ming(1368-1644)and Qing(1644-1911)dynasties.Yangzhou lacquer articles were sent to International Expos in 1910,     

When American Style Meets European Dogma

Editor's Note: In the early 1980s, some graduates of the prestigious Central Conservatory of Music began their musical careers. When one such graduate, Tan Dun, was awarded an Oscar in 1999 for his musical score to the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, well-known Chinese composer Chen Qigang, now resident in France, wrote a letter of congratulations to his former classmate. He said, "Ours was a class of student nonentities until we rocked China and then the world. We 'lit beacons' in different parts of the world. Whether friends or rivals, our influence on each other is symbiotic. Now, when people call me 'master,' I can't help remembering being one of eight classmates, all sharing an hotel room in Amsterdam." At the end of his letter Chen Qigang wrote, "Our horizons are broadening."This article gives an insight into artists who were young during the "cultural revolution, " and the impressions of European and American music circles they gained from their experience abroad.     

When French Design Meets Chinese Manufacturing

IN 2000,when I first arrived in Paris,there were limited French products seen on the Chinese market,and vice versa.Fourteen years later,when I started Bonjour Brand,French products had deeply penetrated the Chinese high-end market.As an organizer,volunteer or visitor,I've participated in many initiatives to promote Chinese culture in France.These include activities involving calligraphy,paint-ing,Chinese opera facial makeup,embroidery,and paper-cutting,all of which are excellent art forms from China.However,despite these cultural promo-tion attempts,when you ask a French person what comes to mind when they think of China,the answer is invariably the Great Wall,made-in-China products,kungfu and pandas.     

When French Design Meets Chinese Manufacturing

IN 2000,when I first arrived in Paris,there were limited French products seen on the Chinese market,and vice versa.Fourteen years later,when I started Bonjour Brand,French products had deeply penetrated the Chinese high-end market.As an organizer,volunteer or visitor,I've participated in many initiatives to promote Chinese culture in France.These include activities involving calligraphy,paint-ing,Chinese opera facial makeup,embroidery,and paper-cutting,all of which are excellent art forms from China.However,despite these cultural promo-tion attempts,when you ask a French person what comes to mind when they think of China,the answer is invariably the Great Wall,made-in-China products,kungfu and pandas.     

When Yangcheng Lake Hairy Crab Meets Mercure Suzhou

<正>It’s hairy crab season at Yangcheng Lake!Ring in the season by celebrating at Mercure Suzhou Park HotelSuites,which presents its hairy crab delights a mere 15 minutes from Yangcheng Lake.The culinary team at SOHO Chinese Restaurant offers top quality hairy crabs together with an array of hairy crab dishes.All the hairy crabs come directly from Yangcheng Lake,     

Girl Meets Space

<正>A young Chinese woman turns her passion for aerospace into professional photography The roar of the blastoff,the sound of cheering crowds,thunderous flames and their magnificent vapor trails streaking the sky...Every rocket launch gathers aficionados and photographers alike;the generated heatwaves on site are like an outpour of emotions,pride and patriotism time and time again.     

Coffee Alliance

正Nestléand Starbucks agree to a license deal as both eye the Chinese coffee market Swiss food giant Nestléannounced on May 7 that it had entered into an agreement with Starbucks for perpetual rights to market the latter's consumer     

Cultural Conservation Meets Douyin

We arrived very late to the city shimmering with neon lights. The road was narrow, long and winding, but the driver knew it like the back of his hand. We entered huge gates decorated with flags and the guesthouse owner decked out in traditional attire welcomed us by serving up a late night dinner. Tasty.The place we arrived at was Danba, or Rongzhag, a county of the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. Zhonglu is one of the area's oldest and best pre-served villages. In Tibetan, the name means the promised land.     

PM Meets the Press

正On March 20,Chinese Premier Li Keqiang took questions from the press after the conclusion of the First Session of the 13th National People’s Congress(NPC)in Beijing.Edited excerpts of his comments follow:     

Coffee in Paradise

TO most people, Shangri-La, a place name introduced to the world by British author James Hilton in his novel Lost Horizon, represents paradise, longevity, and a kind of natural purity rarely found in this day and age. It thus seems fitting that Shangri-La Farms, a natural products company, takes its name from the legendary city in northwestern Yunnan, from where it also sources most of its produce. The company was founded by the Malik family. The epitome of globalization, their origins lie in the U.S. and Pakistan     

Foreign Minister Meets the Press

正On March 8,Foreign Minister Wang Yi responded to questions on China’s foreign policy and international relations at a press conference on the sidelines of the First Session of the 13th National People’s Congress.Edited excerpts of his answers follow:     

Coffee with Cream on

Flushed with record profits, Starbucks envisages more stores inChina's wealthy southern cities as the way ahead. STARBUCKS demonstratesits commitment to China,"began the statement. Whenwas the world's biggestcoffee brewer not commit-ted to China? The American firm haspoured huge efforts over the past decadeinto making China a key market. But arecent agreement to increase its stake inits southern China operations signals anew focus on China as the world's lead-ing retailer and roaster of…