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This section offers news briefs concerning China. The Third Chinese Papercutting Art Exhibition will take place in Beijing from October 7 to 16, 2008. The first performer to do a concert at Wukesong Stadium was Avril Lavigne. The Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve is home to rare Tibetan wild donkeys.

Reports on the paper cutouts based on the Chinese classic literature "A Dream of Red Mansions" made by a laid-off worker Zhou Mei.

The article discusses the Chinese folk art of paper cutting. Using scissors and knives to cut out patterns on paper, farmers, especially women, reportedly made the folk art a major source of decoration and a form of artistic expression for more than a thousand years. Researches and efforts to preserve the art are being made for the benefits of posterity. It explains that the Chinese government is committed to preserving Chinese folk art of paper cutting as part of the overall program of promoting and preserving Chinese culture.

Reprints an article featured in the July 25, 1995 issue of the `Renmin Ribao,' profiling Wang Yuseng of Anyang in the Henan Province of China and his love of paper-cutting. Development of Wang's passion for the hobby; Difference between paper and leaf-cutting; Figures made out of cutting paper.

Focuses on the silhouette paper-cutting skills of Chinese artist Li Tianhua originally published in the January 15, 1995 issue of the `Economic Information Daily.' Interest in the craft since childhood; Popularity as a paper-cutting soldier in the 1960s; Paper silhouettes cut of famous personalities; Achievements.

Reports on the six-meter-long and one-meter-high paper-cut entitled `Celebration of the Centenary of the Olympics,' made by an artist from Xian, Shaanxi Province in China.

Reports on the demonstration of the art of paper-cutting by Li Fu'ai for tourists at her home in Yan'an Shaanxi Province.

Presents a photograph depicting folk artist Zhu Cong cutting paper in Wenling City, Zhejian Province in China.

Presents pig papercuts created by folk artists in China in celebration of 1995 which is the Year of the Pig.

Presents a photograph of a foreigner who made a Chinese folk art papercut in China.