Museum accused of yet another coverup

Media reports have unveiled new evidence accusing the Palace Museum at the Forbidden City of spending 100,000 yuan ($15,460) to coverup a scandal in 2009. While denying any “hush money” was paid, museum authorities admitted…

Shark fin soup: The taste of extinction

A pending state bill would prohibit the sale of shark fin and help protect the threatened fish. The ban would affect Chinese Americans disproportionately, but Cantonese culinary culture would easily survive.   I still remember…

Staff error caused relic damage: ministry

China’s top culture and heritage authorities confirmed on Tuesday damage done to a 1,000-year-old porcelain plate was caused by poor operation of an analytical device by staff. The admission came after public outrage at the…

Why can’t we be foreign friends?

Forty percent of expatriates in Beijing think they have failed to interact with local Chinese, concluded a survey on “Sino-foreign integration.” The unfinished survey has so far focused on Wangjing, Chaoyang district, home to a…

Rising Sun rules the pool

Young Chinese swimmer lives up to expectations by winning 800m SHANGHAI – There were no tears, just a calm celebration as a more mature Sun Yang was finally crowned world champion on Wednesday. The 19-year-old…

Chinese microblog queen has 10m followers

BEIJING – Chinese microblog queen Yao Chen, who is a popular actress outside the virtual world, has attracted more than 10 million followers on the country’s Twitter-like microblog service, showcasing the rapid development of the…

National newspaper museum to be built

People’s Daily, the Communist Party of China’s official newspaper, plans to build China’s first national newspaper museum, an effort to strengthen its influence in China’s media industry. “The development of the newspaper industry reflects China’s…