The government of China's capital is moving aggressively to reduce Beijing's infamous smog. Dangerous pollution has plagued the city of almost 22 million people for years. Beijing's leaders recently ...

Anybody who thinks that Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai hopped on Vittorio De Sica's bicycle and rode off with it is in for a surprise. "Beijing Bicycle," Wang's new movie, is not a Chinese version of ...

Matt Hope, a Beijing-based artist, is taking his adopted city’s problems head on. Instead of hiding in his apartment and dealing with Beijing’s extreme pollution crisis with the help of air filters ...

A well-honed and often diverting Chinese riff on "The Bicycle Thief," indie mainland director Wang Xiaoshuai's "Beijing Bicycle" overplays its slim hand by a good two reels. A surprise winner of the ...

People who talk about the transformation of China often mention the streets. Decades ago, Chinese cities had very few cars. Millions of people rode bikes instead. That has changed now that China buys ...

BEIJING — The shiny bicycles in bright orange, yellow or blue are everywhere in China’s most prosperous cities, even in places they probably shouldn’t be. The two-wheelers are unlocked and tracked ...

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A leading member of the new Sixth Generation of Chinese filmmakers—following the rightly heralded Fifth Generation, which includes Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Tian Zhuangzhuang—Wang Xiaoshuai ...

Here’s a modern and Chinese variation on De Sica’s The Bicycle Thief, uncertain in tone but enlightening in what it shows us of contemporary Beijing. Its hero, Guei (Cui Lin), is a country boy who has ...

Imagine Pee-Wee's Big Adventure with anguish instead of laughter. That's Beijing Bicycle, an artful yet depressing film that makes a melodramatic mountain out of the molehill of a missing bike.