They include scroll paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, ceramics — even ornate antique clocks gifted to emperors by early ...

Combined with a rich tradition of calligraphy ... In regards to reading, Chinese characters are difficult because they do not have any pronunciation clues attached to them. You simply have ...

Elsewhere in the workshop, the delicate work of textile restoration unfolds. Two restorers painstakingly patch holes in a ...

When Yang Bing-yi (楊秉彝) needed a name for his new cooking oil shop in 1958, he first thought of honoring his previous ...

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, said in an interview with China Daily that "I love Chinese calligraphy. I love the beauty of the calligraphy. I love watching the brushstroke. I think it's one of the most ...

Lang Shining left a body of paintings that depict royal events and ceremonies and landscapes. He introduced the Western ...

French writer Victor Hugo is famous for penning "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" and "Les Miserables", but less known is his ...

French actor Gérard Depardieu will face charges in a Paris court of sexually assaulting two women during the filming of a ...