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Ink-wash painter known for his wealth and luck

Feature | Art
2010-9-9

CUI Ruzhuo, a famous ink-wash artist, predicts his works will fetch 100 million yuan (US$14.7 million) by the time he's 70, just four years to go. ...

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Normal logic does not apply to art exhibit

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2010-9-9

AN exhibition featuring nearly 60 artworks created by Pang Maokun is on display at Shanghai Art Museum through September 12. The "Mythology of Today" exhibition includes canvas, sketches and drawings. Some...

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Closed-door supper clubs lure curious diners

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2010-9-9

IMAGINE a dinner party with complete strangers. That is the concept behind closed-door restaurants, luring adventurous diners from Buenos Aires to Berlin and New York. Diners at the unofficial eateries have to...

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Tough times for returning 'turtles'

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2010-9-9

JUST a few years ago, many Chinese believed a degree from a foreign university was their ticket to a guaranteed high-paying job. But these "returning turtles" got it wrong. Yao Minji reports. Benjamin Chen left...

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Photos show beauty in hearts of beholders

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2010-9-8

PHOTOS by San Francisco-based photographer Reuben Rodriguez are on exhibition at Y+Yoga this month and SLICE Gourmet Cafe in October. The show titled "Inner Reflection: Beauty in the Heart of the Beholder" contains...

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Teaching migrant kids their ABCs

Feature | Education
2010-9-8

AS schools open across China, volunteers from Stepping Stones fan out across six Shanghai districts, teaching English to 6,000 children a week. Sam Riley reports. While other students are enjoying their school days...

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Trio and Taiwan Orchestra

Feature | Art
2010-9-8

THE Vienna Piano Trio will open Shanghai Concert Hall's 2010-2011 season on Saturday, followed three days later by the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra featuring violinist JoJo Wang Zhijiong. The opening concert will...

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Bumper crop of TV comedies and dramas

Feature | Film and TV
2010-9-8

TWENTY-TWO new American TV series are making their fall debut, including half a dozen comedies and lots of cops and courtroom shows. Frazier Moore gives an overview and his 10 picks. Let's all marvel at the bumper...

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Facing facts about that fatty food

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2010-9-7

ONE of the best ways to drop weight quickly is to cut way down on fat since fat of any kind contains 9 calories per gram, twice as much as protein and carbohydrates. Zhang Qian reports. The standard ways to lose...

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Time-honored Shanghai brands

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2010-9-7

IN the 1920s and 30s the city was a major manufacturing center producing around half of China's industrial output. Although many of the old Shanghai brands couldn't compete with imported Western brands and went...

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Famous brands of yesteryear make a comeback

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2010-9-7

GRANDMA used to swear by her Xiefuchun duck-egg face powder and her Baiqueling hand lotion. Now these time-honored old brands are showcased in a new shopping mall exclusively for nostalgia goods. Zhang Qian reports. ...

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Comic book culture gets a boost

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2010-9-7

ONCE Chinese cartoonists and comic book writers were looked down upon, as merely children's entertainers. But today they are getting support from the government for titles like "Little Piggy's Time Machine." Cheng...

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Street kid sculpture

Feature | Art
2010-9-6

ELEVEN striking sculptures of "street children" are literally made from the streets. They are forged in copper with the shapes of real manhole covers, paving stones, direction markers and other fixtures. The shapes...

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An Olympic love story skates to the altar

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2010-9-6

A love story on ice skated to a perfect conclusion when Olympic gold medal pair Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo exchanged vows on ice on Saturday night in a Beijing extravaganza that was criticized because of ticket sales. ...

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Tianshan's Crown Exploring the land of glaciers and snow leopards

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2010-9-6

THE first Chinese expedition to Mount Tomur was politically driven: a move to declare the mountain part of China. It also confirmed Tomur as the highest peak in the Tianshan Mountains, opening the way to scientific...

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Public art that charms us, amuses and makes us think

Feature | Art
2010-9-6

PUBLIC art is intended for the public but there's not many public sculptures in Shanghai and few outdoor sculpture exhibitions because of limited space and difficulties of transport and installation. Now the Jing'an...

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Shengsi - a new seafood paradise

Feature | Travel
2010-9-6

FOR lovers of seafood and unspoiled scenery, there's a new paradise, just a three-hour boat ride away - Shengsi Island in Zhejiang Province. A Mussel Culture Festival is underway through October. Shengsi...

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Pacifist thinker and inventor -- 墨子 (mo4 zi3)

Feature | Idioms
2010-9-5

BORN in the State of Lu (in today's Shandong Province), Mo Zi was a thinker, political activist, educator and scientist during the early Warring States Period (476-221 BC). He studied Confucianism when he was...

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Truly scary "Last Exorcism"

Feature | Film and TV
2010-9-5

"THE Last Exorcism" is one of the scariest movies to come along in a long time, until the last five minutes or so, when it completely falls apart. Really, that is about how quickly it all collapses. Director Daniel...

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The calligrapher's friend

Feature | Vibe
2010-9-5

ONE of the lesser-known artifacts of the scholar's study is the bige, a kind of arm covering used by calligraphers to prevent ink from smearing and protect their sleeves. Bige, often a shallow piece of bamboo...