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The other Michelangelo
The solo exhibition of the famous Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto is themed around the four seasons, as the show's name suggests: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
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Beijing Confidential
He's back
The 25-year-old piano prodigy Lang Lang has returned to China after a world tour, during which he played with some of the very best orchestras of Europe and the United States. Known for his expressive and emotional interpretation of classical pieces, this concert is sure to be powerful and moving.
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Cover Story
The new hue
It's the same every year. As December comes to an end, you think about the New Year and all the ways you want to improve your life. But as you start to jot down your self-improvement wish list for the coming year, you think about the previous year. You excitedly scribbled down all of the changes you were going to make, but by the end of January, you found that old habits die hard.
The elemental basics
Showing your true colors
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Movies
Forbidden love
In 1944, an American journalist snapped a photo of a young girl in an oversized army uniform riding a roofless freight train. The train was speeding along, and the baby-faced girl looked lost.The photograph remained largely unknown to the public, but for Yang Shuping, it was the inspiration that led to the filming of his debut movie, The Cold Flame.
Now playing
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Movies
Scrambled eggs
A good comedy can warm up a cold winter nights. It seems as if the spirit of the season seeps into the works of even the most cynical scriptwriter, and a greater degree of cheer appears in their works during this time of year. But while they might be more upbeat, that has no relation to how funny they might be.
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Dining
BJW's best bites
The capital's cooks brought plenty of scrumptious surprises and tasty treats to the table in 2007. Early in the year, somebody got the bright idea of opening Dark Restaurant - a place where foodies feast in a photonless room, where they can't see the food or each other. Toward the end of 2007, the company opened a second branch, this one being a place where people could vent their frustrations by smashing plates and saucers against the wall.
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Dining
Vegin' out
Among the places proffering vegetarian victuals in Beijing, Baihe Vegetarian Restaurant (百合素食) seems keen to dish up culture with its cuisine.
Food
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Listings
Salute to Salud
Salud (老伍) is an outstanding and representative addition to the global village growing up around foreigner-friendly Nanluoguxiang. Two Frenchmen opened the nightspot in Beijing this March and imbued it with Spanish ambience.
Nightlife
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Listings
Among ivory towers
Wenjin Hotel is located in Tsinghua Science Park, known as "China's Silicon Valley", in the core of Beijing's Zhongguancun area. The hotel is surrounded by 73 universities, 232 institutions, and office buildings of nearly 5 million square meters of floor space.
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Listings
Maestro's happy New Year
A harmonious way to ring in 2008 is to attend the New Year's concert at the 10,000-seat Great Hall of the People under the baton of conductor Zubin Mehta. The world-famous conductor is known for four New Year's concerts in Vienna. But Mehta is no stranger to China, having visited the country six times.
From the mouths of babes
Art
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Listings
Spring into 2008
The Yanhuang Art Museum is ringing in 2008 with a collection of New Year's paintings to be displayed until the end of Spring Festival. The exhibits, which include depictions of deities, auspicious figures, fairytales, farm work and opera scenes, showcase the rich variety and imaginative presentations of the ancient art genre.
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Health
Just what the doctor ordered
Beijing has so many wonderful places for sightseeing. While most of them are historical or scenic spots, tourists with a particular interest in China's traditional medicine (TCM) would also find the city has plenty of places worth visiting. Many of Beijing's big hospitals offer exchange opportunities, while some smaller ones do as well.
Let them eat cake! Season celebrations are sweet
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Community
Finding their groove
Dance is a language, the acquisition of which begins from the time an infant tilts its head towards its mother. And last week, a workshop run by ward-winning UK dance company, Northern Ballet Theater (NBT) helped a group of students find their voices.
The art of conservation
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Travel
Sermons on the mount
If you're looking for a vacation destination that breaks with convention, you can't go wrong with Shandong. Separated from Beijing by a small slice of Hebei to the south, the province proffers a week's worth of wonderment that is refreshingly different from the capital.
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People
Brassed off
Fed up with lamenting a lack of local musical theater, one performer has set about showing Beijing there is indeed no business like show business. Zhang Aojia, who goes by the stage name Shadow, has tasted Broadway, studying musical theater in the United States before going on to play several seasons in Chicago-based productions.
School of hard knocks
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Beijing Bytes
Beijing bytes
Dream tickets
The second phase of ticket sales for the 2008 Olympic Games will close on Sunday with more than 340,000 people having booked more than 2 million tickets, the Beijing Organizing Committee (BOCOG) said on Monday.
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Cover
Keeping it real
Russian artist Andrey Sklyarenko's inspiration comes from a sensitivity to life experience. The warm color schemes he employs reflect his optimism, and his painting style is influenced by Modernism but reflects his solid base in tradition.
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