Chinese Unveil Mammoth Arts Center
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The National Center for the Performing Arts, a $400 million complex, has attracted at least as much attention for its cost overruns, safety concerns and provocative aesthetics.
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Beijing, Nov 15 : China will start construction of a television tower that is claimed to be the world&#39;s tallest, in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province next month, a media report said today.
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âThe Awakening,â J. Seward Johnson Jr.âs 15-foot-high sculpture of a giant struggling to emerge from the earth, is soon to leave a site near the National Mall that millions of tourists have visited.
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LHASA, China  - Zhang Jun says his two-story  frosted glass and chrome beauty salon near the Tibetan  capital's imposing Potala Palace is the biggest in town.
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Playboy Enterprises will open a 40,000-square-foot entertainment complex, the Playboy Mansion Macao, with dining, entertainment and retail shops, in Macao in late 2009, the chief executive, Christie Hefner, said. The complex will be part of the Macao Studio City complex, with the gambling operations run by a casino operator, Melco International Development, Ms. Hefner, left, said in an interview in Macao. Macao Studio City, a $2 billion joint venture between the Hong Kong-listed ESun Holdings and partners including Silver Point Capital, is next to the Lotus Bridge, which will link Macao and the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai. It will include a film studio, a million-square-foot shopping mall, and gambling and convention sites.
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The consummate ambition that Chinese artists brought to diminutive scale is a striking feature of the Metropolitan Museumâs small late-summer show.
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Alicia Keys, Nellie McKay and Cyndi Lauper brought modern pop music to an ancient setting Saturday, performing for thousands of Chinese fans at the foot of the Great Wall.
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Although the Beijing Olympics is still four years away, the Chinese capital is already gearing up to host the event. The city of over 12 million is refurbishing ancient landmarks in
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Planners in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday unveiled designs for an audacious multibillion-dollar cultural district whose like has never been seen in the Arab world.
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China officially unveiled its bubble-wrapped National Aquatics Centre, nicknamed the "Water Cube", on Monday, one of the two iconic venues for this year's Beijing Olympics.
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Buddha statues are the inspiration for Rudolf Stingelâs new exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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A large-scale renovation of the mausoleum of Genghis Khan, a proud son of Heaven for his time and founder of the Mongol empire of the Middle Ages, is underway in north China&#39;s Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region.
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Â· Shortage of space sent Tutankhamun to DomeÂ· Former reading room adapted for Chinese show
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Soft-drink giant sets up lab space in conjunction with China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences to work on beverages that incorporate traditional medicine ingredients.
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Organisers of the Beijing Olympics open the spectacular National Aquatics Centre.
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Chinaâs rush to build megacities is part of a major push to spread Chinaâs economic boom to the vast interior.
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China has opened an exhibition to mark the 111th anniversary of the birthday of late Chairman Mao Zedong whose embalmed body is on display in the same building, state media report.