At least gold glitters. Long before the first paper banknotes fluttered through the financial houses of Europe, the bustling markets of 11th century China birthed an unprecedented financial ...

Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, Chen Kaige’s historical epic, Farewell My Concubine, spans fifty years of 20th-century Chinese history while shining a spotlight on the ...

Sometimes, pop songs can seem like a grab at fame. To the genre’s naysayers, pop music isn’t art, it’s currency. But just because something is catchy doesn’t mean there’s no merit beyond its instant ...

China has gone all out for the visit of Donald Trump to the rising superpower, even including a rendition of one of his favorite songs as part of the state banquet. The US president and the Chinese ...

Over three decades, Sigg, a Swiss businessman and former diplomat, amassed thousands of contemporary Chinese works. Ai Weiwei calls him “my maker.” The Swiss art collector Uli Sigg at his home, near ...

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletter Morning everyone. Angus Taylor’s big moment arrives today, as ...

It’s fun to stay at the … Middle Kingdom. A Chinese military band serenaded President Trump with one of his signature campaign songs, “YMCA” by the Village People, during a lavish state banquet in ...

Odd and epic and bittersweet, Thursday's 'Late Show' finale was the capstone of a farewell extravaganza that had been ...

So far, China's live music performance industry, led by concerts and music festivals, boasts a market size of around 30 ...

President Donald Trump is concluding his high-stakes three-day visit to China on Friday, May 15, 2026, with a relatively relaxed final day focused on personal diplomacy and symbolic gestures with ...