Chinese Dragons

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Divine Power - The Dragon in Chinese Art

13 Aug 2012

Divine Power - The Dragon in Chinese Art

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Sea dive risks stoking tensions

18 Jul 2012

China's decision to send the Jiaolong manned submarine to explore a basin close to the Philippines may signal a new step in its approach to bolstering regional territorial claims, experts say....

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Dragon wheels

15 Jun 2012

Power and prestige are attributes of the dragon in Chinese folklore. So it's hardly surprising that, in this Year of the Dragon, producers of luxury cars have adopted the symbol to roll out...

5:38PM

Flexible approach

3 Feb 2012

Kung Hei Fat Choy! LuxeHomes wishes all our readers a prosperous Year of the Dragon. The dragon is a favourite creature in Chinese tradition, but it is really a human creation. It is made up of...

6:33AM

More spring in the step

26 Jan 2012

A marriage between two people is a union that is hopefully filled with love and happiness. However, despite the best intentions, everyone knows some marriages eventually fail. So, many couples are...

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Divine Power - The Dragon in Chinese Art

22 Jan 2012

Divine Power - The Dragon in Chinese Art
Art Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong

5:55AM

Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

Updated 5:26AM

How China welcomes its little dragons

We can expect to see a lot of dragon babies this year. That is, a lot of couples having children in the Year of the Dragon.

The dragon is the only Chinese zodiac sign that is an...

5:39AM

A slimmer Moses Chan recounts orders to start the new year by regaining his 'heavenly' figure

Kowloon Tong's Festival Walk is the latest shopping mall marking the Year of the Dragon, and hoping that it will get off to a flying start. The mall's festive decorations this year are all about...

5:39AM

Unease at dragon stamp just hot air

The controversy over China Post's stamp marking the Year of the Dragon shows the sensitivities that have arisen over China's rise.

5:16AM

Dragon stamp 'doesn't send wrong message'

The designer of the mainland's Year of the Dragon postage stamp has defended what some have described as a sinister-looking beast, saying it will help exorcise evil spirits and represents a...

4:42AM

Party animal

'This is the one day of the year when everyone wants to be Chinese,' grins Russell Jack, before leading his beloved imperial dragon, Sun Loong, into Bendigo's dappled sunlit streets for the...

10:34AM

Breathing fire

AShanghai academic has caused a storm by suggesting that one of the nation's cherished symbols, the dragon, is in need of a makeover. Wu Youfu, a professor of public relations at Shanghai...

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