Chinese celebrate Dragon Boat Festival
A girl points at rice dumplings hung at a street stall in Shanghai June 4, 2008. The Dragon Boat Festival falls on June 8 this year. As a tradition, p ... english.people.com.cn |
China loses to U.S. 3-0 in men's volleyball preliminary (3)
&$ &$Guo Peng (R) of China blocks the ball during men's volleyball Preliminary Pool A match between US and China at Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Aug. 16, 2008. US beat China 3-0. (Xinhua/Zhao Zhongzhi) &$ &$【 1 】 &$&$【 2 】 &$ english.people.com.cn |
Fallen Soldiers, Coming Home in Public
The rethinking of the ban on pictures of coffins returning the war dead comes at a highly political moment. nytimes.com |
Mythic West of Dreams and Nightmares
“Into the Sunset: Photography’s Image of the American West,” a resonant exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, presents a bleak view of America’s realization of its Manifest Destiny. nytimes.com |
In Search of Fatter Wallets at Sundance
After a market collapse in 2009, can entries in the Sundance Film Festival still turn art into cash? nytimes.com |