The power of the one-party state is nowhere more evident in Beijing than at Tiananmen Square. Police, military police and security guards stand out among the countless visitors. A portrait of Mao Zedong, the founding father of the People's Republic of ...full story

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is pictured on April 10, 2009, at his home in an arts district on the outskirts of Beijing. Editor's note: "Jaime's China" is a weekly column about Chinese society and politics. Jaime FlorCruz has lived ...full story

China's National Art Museum, located in Beijing, is, unsurprisingly, the world's biggest -- after a four-year, multi-million dollar renovation, it now beats New York's Metropolitan Museum by 20000 square feet. After such a huge expansion, ...full story

Photo: AP The United States on Monday urged China to immediately release Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, who was detained in Beijing Sunday as he attempted to board a plane to Hong Kong. Ai's wife says police refused to tell her where her ...full story

In “Triple Possibility,” she provides translated video documentation of the seemingly matter-of-fact, but actually ambiguous responses of three fortune tellers in Beijing to her dreams during a trip to China. More minimal, but striking, ...full story

BEIJING, April 1 (Xinhua) -- "The Art of the Enlightenment", a major exhibition jointly organized by the National Museum of China and three German museums, opened in Beijing Friday. The exhibition, with 579 pieces of art works on display, presents the ...full story

I'm here at the 798 contemporary art zone in Beijing -- famous for presenting new ideas. And now it's offering a fitting backdrop for the semiannual China Fashion Week. Young designers from China and abroad won't miss the opportunity to interpret the ...full story

BEIJING — Controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei said Tuesday he plans to set up a studio in Germany to showcase his work after facing huge hurdles in exhibiting art in his home country. Ai, who is also a prominent political activist, ...full story

But he was selling it to fund another dream - the building of a contemporary art museum in Beijing. “I have an obligation to China and its artists,” he explained. “I must not fail them.” Ullens' father and uncle had been diplomats in China, ...full story

"Fine art" auctions in China -- mainly Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai -- topped 3.1 billion dollars (2.2 billion euros) last year, he said. China generated sales accounting for 33 percent of art sold in 2010, while the US cash registers took in 30 ...full story