Kern interprets bamboo manuscripts dating back to the Warring States Period during a forum on ancient textual culture in ...

to attribute the philosophical text Tao Te Ching to Lao Tzu. He stresses the need to separate the thoughts of the great thinkers from the writing of the earliest books in which those thoughts appear.

Santiago Barrio, a Spanish photographer, was sitting cross-legged on a tatami for a pot of tea when he started a conversation about his life over the last decade in China. In late September, Barrio ...

By A.O. Scott John Adams reviews “Every Valley,” Charles King’s new book about the artistic, social and political forces surrounding one of the greatest pieces of music ever created.

Lila Pereira, a successful media executive, rises to the top of her career but has to reckon with her youngest daughter, Grace, resenting her for not being a PTA mom. Grace also dredges up the ...

Katharine Spurrier dives into the stunning selection of photographs by Carlos Muñoz-Yagüe in this new book which takes us behind the scenes of iconic designer, Yves Saint Laurent. National Trust ...

By J. D. Biersdorfer Where’s Johnny? The Biography of a TV Host Whose Life Was a Closed Book. Johnny Carson dominated late-night television for decades, but closely guarded his privacy.

BEIJING – Beijing has accused Taiwan President Lai Ching-te of undermining peace and stability ... On Oct 10, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) took aim at Mr Lai’s recent comments about ...

Charles Baxter’s novel charges along so boisterously that it’s easy to forget the author is batting around some of the weightiest concerns of human experience. John le Carré’s son Nick ...

These books dispense practical advice on managing one’s ambitions—or describe the dread of writer’s block with precision and humor. A short story has velocity and verve, and the best ones ...

TAIPEI--Taiwan inaugurated Lai Ching-te as its new president Monday, installing a relative moderate who will continue the self-governing island democracy’s policy of de facto independence while ...