A replica of the sanxian given as a gift by Chairman Mao Zedong to Shaanbei storyteller Han Qixiang and other musical instruments used in performances on display in the Yan'an Quyi Performance Theater ...

According to Huyan Qiang, director of the theater, Shaanbei storytelling dates back to the Western Zhou Dynasty (c. 11th century-771 BC). The major characteristics of the art form include its dialect, ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Sydney’s Macquarie Street, home to some of Australia’s most deep-pocketed money managers, has just welcomed its newest ...

Citigroup Inc. is revamping the management structure of its private bank following the resignation of Ida Liu, who’s led the unit for almost four years. A new structure, announced on the same ...

Thanks to a long program routine that featured a triple axel, Amber Glenn overtook Alysa Liu to successfully defend her women's title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships at Wichita ...

Amber Glenn repeated as U.S. figure skating champion, overtaking Alysa Liu by the second-closest margin under a two-decade-old scoring system. Glenn totaled 216.79 points between Thursday’s short ...

Pianist Bruce Liu performed Friday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Bartek Barczyk Liu’s imaginative program design was matched by poetic playing in Tchaikovsky’s miniatures and fiery and sonorous ...

Alysa Liu, back from retirement at age 19, sits in first place after the women's short program at U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Thursday in Wichita, Kansas. Liu was the bronze medalist at ...

WICHITA, Kansas – When Alysa Liu called her former coach, Phillip DiGuglielmo, about a year ago to say that she wanted to return to competitive skating, he tried to talk her out of it. He tried so ...

WICHITA, Kan. -- Alysa Liu wore the smudge of blood on her dress at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Thursday night like a poignant badge of honor, symbolic of everything she has gone ...

Lucy Liu believes in ghosts — though she hasn’t necessarily had a supernatural experience herself. “I do think there are energies that exist, and I don't think that's always obvious ...

Ever since seeing his 1989 directorial debut, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Lucy Liu and Chris Sullivan have been big fans of Steven Soderbergh’s film work.