Chinese Stories, Alluring and Odd
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The Metropolitan Museum's show of ancient Chinese art is not of a trophy display of objects found but that of a meticulously edited essay on history learned.
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Whether they are old-fashioned narratives, playful improvisations or comic-strip-like tales told in pictures, the stories in this collection, edited by Zadie Smith, force us to re-evaluate that old chestnut âCharacter is destiny.â
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The New York City Balletâs âAmerican Songs and Dancesâ is an odd collection of dances.
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In one of the stranger acts of globalism, the Chinese are writing Italian operas. Xiao Baiâs âFarewell My Concubineâ from the China National Opera House is touring the United States and came semistaged to Avery Fisher Hall on Sunday night.
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Global politics, seniors in love, fantastical fairy tales, technical glitches and the Weinstein brothers
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An embezzlement scandal is barely standing out in China, where cases of bank corruption involving hundreds of millions of dollars seem to pop up regularly.
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One of the worldâs most bizarre scientific collections has gone on show. From a homemade iron lung to ancient dentistsâ chairs and antique operating tables, it comprises part of the 170,000-odd items in the storerooms of Londonâs Science Museum.
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A TRADITIONAL Oriental ritual helped to dispel
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A peek through the West&#39;s net curtains this morning revealed an unexpected visitor on the doorstep. China. Not content with luring manufacturing contracts to Shanghai, the dragon economy&#39;s appetite is driving
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Bee Columnist. BEIJING - The stories of Yao Ming and Liu Wei are told here, of course. They tell the stories here just as they do in Shanghai, if with a bit less of the obvious pride that
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An entertaining new exhibition at the China Institute explores the rich folk art tradition of Chinese shadow theater.
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Being female and Chinese in the classical music business are helpful in getting yourself noticed, but careers are built â and this one is building fast â on substance. Xian Zhang has it.
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Putting breasts and a gormless expression of child-like delight on the late Mao Zedong in the name of art may seem nothing short of blasphemous for China's culture guardians.
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MACAU, China -- Glittery Las Vegas-style gambling has arrived in seedy Macau, promising new charms for China's inveterate players, and this former Portuguese colony may never be the same.
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NO one does weird quite as well as Japanese game designers and animators. In this spirit, three new video games bring the bizarre home.
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You can find some stock ideas in unlikely places.
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This Shakespeare season is a feast of strange and novel productions in unusual spaces from city parks to the tiny back rooms of bookstores.