The 2010 Top 25 Richest Chinese Writers list shows that serious works are losing out to popular books. Mei Jia reports.
Blogger extraordinaire and literary lion, Han Han, has had a baby girl, in Shanghai. And we had no idea he was even married!
"Since publishers are not willing to reveal the precise number of copies sold, I've had to resort to some rather primitive methods to get to the truth," Wu says.
Some years ago I watched a TV documentary about the iconic artist Chen Danqing, in which many of his friends and schoolmates mentioned how good looking he is.
As young Chinese increasingly forget how to write characters because they don't have to using keyboards, touch screen technology on mobile phones is reversing the drift
My legs are amazing. They may not be much to look at - far too short, rather muscular and prone to a most undesirable smattering of cellulite. But they are obedient. When I decided to take on the challenge of running the 2010 Berlin Marathon in September, my legs were on board with equal enthusiasm and they diligently supported me through the endless hours of pounding the pavement, rain hail or shine, through the steaming summer of Shanghai.
While movie blockbusters grab our attention the core of the nation's performing arts is live theater.
Little people affected by dwarfism are helping themselves through an association to protect their rights and provide support for members. Xu Junqian reports.
Chen Kaige is often called kai ye by actors and fellow directors - ye, literally grandpa, is commonly used in Beijing to refer to those respected for their expertise in a certain field.
Chen Kaige's holiday offering is a much-visited ancient story about a doctor and his supreme sacrifice. Liu Wei reports.
Liu Aihua is 58 and 88 cm tall. From Changsha, capital of Hunan province, Liu stopped growing not long after she turned 1, when she injured a tendon in her spine after falling.
For members of the Chinese Little Person Association, 1.81-meter-tall Li Xiang is a living dream.
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