The unconventionally told Chinese film 'Suburban Birds' unfurls two stories connected in mysterious ways, marking a feature debut for writer-director Qiu Sheng.

Trimmed five minutes since its appearance at Locarno, Suburban Birds remains somewhat languorous and low-key. Qiu’s frame is rarely without a point of pleasurable or telling visual interest, or his ...

The young architect was born in Xiahao in 1983 and stayed with his parents in a six-floor building until 2003. He now lives in a high-end apartment nearby, but his heart still remains in Xiahao.

Xiahao Old Street, now a tranquil and historical residential block on the south bank of the Yangtze River, has begun to draw people's attention as a place to go and reminisce about the past.