"The mystic chords of memory ... will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature." With this, US President Abraham Lincoln ended his first inaugural speech in March ...
Tags: Documentary, Sino-US Relations
The 18th Beijing Art Expo attracted a large turnout of aficionados from around the world, with one thing in common - the pursuit of art and the different approaches to portraying beauty. From their work can be seen a spirit of life and ...
Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a four-day state visit to Britain from Oct 20 to 23, during which the two countries signed cooperation agreements worth a combined 40 billion pounds, including Chinese investment in a British nuclear power ...
Tags: China-Britain Rapport, closer ties
The annual Christmas eve traffic snarl is underway in Beijing. Thousands of young people are flocking to the city centre for Christmas dinners and shopping. The area around Sanlitun and Beijing Worker's Stadium, known in the Chinese ...
Tags: Christmas, Celebrations, shopping
China's Belt and Road initiatives are not its "solo," but a "symphony" of all relevant parties, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday. The vision of the initiatives is common development, and the goal is win-win progress through ...
Tags: Belt and Road, inclusive cooperation, exchange, commerce
The 1970s is a decade that never seems to go out of style. This fall, the fashion runways in New York were full of fringe, suede and flares plus plenty of autumnal colors, and jewelry is following suit. Yellow gold is back in a ...
Travelers in China don't tend to hit the movie theaters, but last Saturday it was worth ducking into the Ullens Center of Contemporary Arts to dig into an exploration of music and culture. People gathered to witness Beijing's first ...
Authors who participate in The Bookworm Literature Festival (BLF) consistently say that they are amazed how a small independent bookstore can put on such an epically proportioned event. Visitors (expats and countrymen alike) from across ...
Beijing International Art Biennale opens on Thursday, drawing artists from China and abroad. The exhibition Memory and Dream will highlight the sixth Beijing International Art Biennale that begins on Thursday. Among the country's top ...
Tags: Beijing International Art Biennale, paintings, sculptures
Buyers of ancient Chinese art will reappear in Sotheby's salesroom in Hong Kong next month. The last time Sotheby's auctioned classical ink art in the city was some 15 years ago. More than 50 lots of ink paintings and works of ...
Tags: ink art, auction, Ancient Chinese Art
"Wind is raging. Horses are whinnying. The Yellow River is roaring." The lyrics of The Yellow River Cantata boosted the fighting spirit of the Chinese when facing the Japanese during wartime and influenced later generations, too. Now, a ...
Tags: The Yellow River, Film
A festival of short films by Chinese and South Korean filmmakers on the theme "share your dreams" kicked off in Dachang county, Hebei province, last week. It is the annual show's second edition that is co-hosted by South Korean ...
Tags: Sino-Korean Short Film, cultural ties, film industries
China may submit Wolf Totem, a co-production between China and France, as its 2016 Academy Awards best foreign language film entry after it was announced that another contender lost the bid late Tuesday. The producers of Mountains May ...
Tags: Wolf Totem, film, Oscars
People can understand a country or a nation from its movies because films can be seen as carriers of culture. China's President Xi Jinping expressed his love towards American films like Sleepless in Seattle, at the welcoming dinner hosted ...
A recent poll shows that a little more than a third of Americans hold increasingly favorable views of China. And among them are young adults who say the rise of China is something not to be taken lightly. New polling shows that a little ...