End of Taiwan’s film slump? – Young directors bring hope with more personal films

Last year’s biggest surprise in the Taiwanese film market was the teen romance You Are the Apple of My Eye, which topped box offices in Taiwan and Hong Kong and generated a buzz on the mainland.

Lone traveler on paper

Anyone who sees the group of coal-faced miners stepping out of the pits and into sunshine will be shocked as much by the work’s artistic perfection as by its respectful message.

The true face of China in Germany

In 2007, the three-year program “Germany and China – Moving Ahead Together” began a tour of six Chinese cities to promote economic, technological and cultural aspects of the European country in China.

Artists fork expo after bitter row

The 4th Asia Art Expo, one of Beijing’s largest art fairs, ended this past Sunday at the China World Trade Center. More than 700 galleries and individuals from Japan, South Korea, Iran, Pakistan, Hong Kong and the mainland attended the four-day show.

Dance galas bring superstars

The ballet gala has been a perennial feature of the National Center for Performing Arts (NCPA) since 2009. Each year, the center invites the world’s foremost ballet troupes to present their most popular works.

New media museum embraces digital art

The nation’s first digital art center, the China Millennium Monument Museum of Digital Arts (CmoDA), opened on December 17 with its new Creative Future project. The season-long effort aims to connect China’s digital artists with their peers abroad.

The hermit of Huangshan

From the Tang (618-907) to Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, more than 20,000 poems were written about its majestic heights. During the Qing Dynasty, Huangshan actually became the namesake of a school of painting.

Art the cure for pain

Her first 20 years were what she calls her unsettled period. From the ages of 20 to 30, she advocated for death row prisoners at a procuratorate. From 30 to 40, she worked as a lawyer to defend the rights of minorities.

Festivals key to dance company’s success

Modern dance companies worldwide are suffering as countries slash their budgets, but the situation is especially bad in China.

Enlightenment never ends

There were two legends about Germans in the hometown of acclaimed Chinese writer Mo Yan. One was that Germans have no knees, and if you push one down he can’t stand up. The other was that they had forked tongues, and the only way to learn German was to cut your tongue.