A vertical expression of a horizontal desire

Contemporary art adds a splash of color to hotels

Photographic phoenix rises from the ashes of post-war Poland

Shanghai was not only the birthplace of modernism in China, but it was also China’s artistic capital from the 19th century until 1949.

In 1946, George Orwell wrote an essay entitled Why I Write detailing the reasons why he put pen to paper. In this, our continuing Web series, we talk to China authors about their literary habits and reading preferences, and examine Orwell's question

Wallis Simpson was the woman who scandalized not merely high society...

Robert Bickers’ chronicle of foreign devils in the Qing Dynasty. In this magisterial book about the history of the foreign presence in China, Robert Bickers fearlessly steps onto dangerous terrain.

When a socio-political event alters the lives of 17 million teenagers, rest assured some of them will go on to write about it. A tide of poetry, music, theater, TV and film inspired by the zhi qing era broke in the late 1980s.

In 1946, George Orwell wrote an essay entitled Why I Write detailing the reasons why he put pen to paper.

In 1946, George Orwell wrote an essay entitled Why I Write detailing the reasons why he put pen to paper.