Unlikely Sisters

This summer, 22 students from Boston’s Northeastern University came to Huangcun Village, in Xiuning County of...

A Visit to Vintage Shanghai

Visitors to Shanghai may have noticed some examples of the city’s once prevalent shikumen (two or three story townhouses) in Tianzifang and Xintiandi...

Long Lost Brothers

“China my motherland, you are far, far away. As are my brothers and sisters, whom I never see…” ...

Pet Boom

One morning, Cheng Xiao was awakened by frantic knocking on the door of her home. She rushed to answer it...

His Solo Class

At a desk-packed classroom in Xixin Primary School of Longquan City, Zhejiang Province...

Fleeting Beauty

The term “underwater photography” usually conjures images of crystalline seas, magnificent coral reefs, rainbows of tropical fish, and even friendly dolphins...

Forging a Future

Six hundred years ago, some men moved from Shanxi Province to Gansu Province...

Home on the Range

For most people, the term “Morin Dawa” is nothing but the name of a remote...

Long Lost Brothers

According to An Husai, president of the Kazakhstan Dunganese Association (KDA)...

Touchdown Beijing

The quarterback is in the shotgun. He reads the defense and calls an audible, sending the tailback to the line up scrimmage, wide-left, while shouting “Red 32!” before finally catching the snap from the center.

A screw loose

Once a symbol of the industrial age, the metal screw seemed cold and merciless, a connotation vividly depicted in Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times. But now, in the information age, screws have taken on a whole new meaning in the hands of four young Chinese designers, who brought them to life in the form of LSF & LSM, two innovative sculptures. Their names are abbreviations for Chinese Luo Shi Fu and Luo Shi Mu, which loosely translate to “Sir Screw” and “Madam Screw,” respectively.

Young Entrepreneurs Land on the Roof of the World

Many first-time visitors to Lhasa are surprised to discover that the city is abundant with cafés, bars, pubs and youth hostels. Each of these places possesses its own distinctive features, while also effusing a strong Lhasa flavor. Many of the proprietors are not locals. Looking at their faces, I cannot help but wonder how these young people became attached to Lhasa, why they chose to settle down in the city and how they view their international clientele. I am eager to learn the answers.

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