A closer look at language, places and everyday life in China.
A Shanghai film-festival exhibition invited visitors into an interactive display. It raises a fun question: how much of a film can exist outside the screen?
Read the storyAn animated anthology inspired by Chinese folklore became a large Shanghai exhibition. It shows how one old story can take several visual lives.
Read the storyThe seven-string guqin rewards close listening. Its quieter sounds make a very different kind of musical room.
Read the storyA dragon-boat race is easy to understand from the bank: one boat reaches the finish first. What happens around the race is much more varied.
Read the storyChinese shadow puppetry can look like a simple silhouette show. Behind the screen, there may be music, singing, carving and several pairs of hands.
Read the storyIn Shanghai, an orchestra played the music of a video game. You did not need a controller to hear what the game was trying to make you feel.
Read the storyYou’ve reached the end of this collection.
A story you haven’t marked as read yet, chosen just for a little change of pace.
Surprise me
