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‘Grape king’ fosters new varieties and shares prowess with farmers

As the peak of grape harvesting unfolds in Shanghai’s suburbs, the Shiquan Grape Cooperative in Jinshan District is abuzz with activity. Workers scurry through sunlit rows, sorting and packing the day’s...

August 3, 2024, Saturday


A balance between work and sport of breaking not easy for Canadian B-girl

Canadian B-girl Tiffany Leung is among the 80 breaking athletes who will compete in the Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai....

May 18, 2024, Saturday


Foreign-born ‘Dean of Shandong’ explores Chinese traditions in modern context

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March 9, 2024, Saturday


Hungarian lives and breathes museums

Steven Back, a Chinese-speaking Hungarian who has lived in Shanghai for nearly two decades, has visited more museums in China than most Chinese....

November 25, 2023, Saturday


What lies ahead through eyes of an Israeli futurist

Adi Yoffe asked ChatGPT about herself. The artificial intelligence chatbot gave a very long answer, including that she had written two books....

September 16, 2023, Saturday


‘Keyboard eccentric’ brings unique Chopin interpretation to Shanghai

He has the reputation of an “enfant terrible” of the keyboard....

July 1, 2023, Saturday


Italian musician drums up interest in new musical horizons

In 1986, Luciano Pavarotti celebrated the 25th year of his career by joining the Genoa Opera in a trip to China, performing “La Bohème” in Beijing and Shanghai and dazzling audiences with his high C in...

January 7, 2023, Saturday


The man behind Shanghai Library’s stunning new branch in Pudong

Architect Chris Hardie was stopped by an old man at Shanghai Library East Branch....

January 7, 2023, Saturday


All about Mel Brooks laughing for 95 years

Leave it to Mel Brooks to blurb his own memoir. There, along with laudatory quotes from Billy Crystal, Norman Lear, Conan O’Brien and others is one from “M. Brooks,” who hails “All About Me!” as: “Not ...

December 12, 2021, Sunday


Perfectionist. Genius. Icon. That was Stephen Sondheim

In 2010, the year Stephen Sondheim turned 80, he had to endure a public fuss when a Broadway theater was renamed in his honor. At a ceremony outside the 1,055-seat auditorium on West 43rd Street, the ...

December 5, 2021, Sunday




 

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