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Why is it that artists have to die in order for their greatness to be recognized? Pan Yuliang is one such artist who's work is now being exhibited at the China National Art Gallery in Beijing.

China has detained an American artist before he carried out a pro-Tibet protest involving a laser beam projected onto a Beijing building at the Olympics, an activist group said Wednesday.

A collage made from a series of images found on the People's Daily website. The images show people around the country watching and listening to Hu Jintao's opening speech to the Communist Party of China's 17th National Congress. Who says the fine art of propaganda is dead?

I took this two shots with my Yashica T3 during 2006 when i was on my way to the Shanghai Museum in summer. It was in the late afternoon, there was a lot of people crossing the busy streets around Nanjing Road, People's Square and Xizang Road. This old lady sat down near a cross junction attracting lots of attention from passer-bys. She was not performing or basking. She was apparently outcrying to the public for some wrongs done to her, seeking justice and attention. There were a couple of street police and traffic police trying to clear the crowd. I took the shots quickly and left.

The following series of photos, taken from my new book of photography ‘CHINA: Portrait of a People,’ are what I personally consider the most beautiful sites of Old China; those remote villages that have yet to meet China’s wrecking ball, and a proud people contented to proceed with their antediluvian customs as they have for five thousand years.

A little insight into the rather topical and useful Chinese slang term: chaozuo, or fried work. As the article states, 'chao' is used in a number of common slang terms, but chaozuo in particular has an ever-increasing meaning in how it relates to Chinese media.

"Chao is now often combined with zuo (work). So chaozuo (fry work), or cooking or creating a buzz is now being practised by some who are becoming experts in the field.

They do whatever it takes to ensure that chaozuo can be applied extensively.

A recent TV series called 'The Rise of Great Nations' has caused a lot of debate over what China wants. After watching the series, the Sun Bin blog believes China wants to democratise.

It is well known that Zhongguo [China] is fortunate enough to possess a series of historical works comparing most favorably, in some of its parts, with the historical literature of any nation in the West. Since the Han, each dynasty has had its own history, compiled from its court chronicles, or Jih-li, during the succeeding reigns. The Jih-li, lit. "Daily Chronicles," must be considered the prime source of all the information contained in these histories. c. 91 B.C.E. - 1643 C.E.

This is the final part of a series in which we look at China’s emerging relationship with the Africa. The first part of the series examined China search for oil on the continent, while part two looked at what China was giving back to Africa. Part three examines the Sino-African relationship, its current state, and possible future.