When asked whether he had envisioned the impact that his revolutionary blue LED would have in years to come, new Nobel physics laureate Shuji Nakamura’s answer was in typically modest and candid. “No!” he replied in a ...
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Saya Chang, the younger sister of aboriginal Taiwan pop star A-mei Chang, is set to launch her first tour of the mainland next month. Saya Chang, 38, will perform across venues starting with Workers' Stadium in Beijing on Oct 11. Born ...
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Over the years, the good folks at JUE festival have been done an impressive job to bring in international talent to Beijing. Travelers looking to catch a bit of “the local scene” need look no further than JUE, a festival that ...
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Beijing has an ever-growing reputation as an international city, and its population of French-speakers is significant. It was clear from all the rolling R's heard in the packed crowd at Yugong Yishan last Friday that many of them came out ...
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When Ultimate Broadway, a gala musical theater show in Shanghai, held an audition for 10 ensemble members in London, nearly 1,000 applicants turned up. Show director Paul Warwick Griffin, a veteran of musicals in the West End of London, ...
In Matt McFetridge's words, his two-and-half year stint in China was the "time of his life". The American student, a native of the Finger Lakes region, New York, became fascinated by the ancient country after meeting his first Chinese ...
Chinese romance film The Last Women Standing has announced its release date during a press conference in Beijing. Touted as the must-see love story of the year, this romantic comedy shines with an all-star cast, including Golden Horse ...
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Diao, 72, was born in Chengdu, China, but moved to New York City at a very young age. He attended Kenyon College in Ohio and studied philosophy, but soon found the academic world just wasn’t for him. Instead of class, Diao spent most ...
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Cinema typically prospers during slowdowns, and insiders think new films will turn box offices to gold, Xu Fan reports. China's box-office chart has seen new records set frequently in recent months. The latest big high-this year's first ...
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Peng Liyuan is more than simply China's first lady. She enjoyed a glittering career as a folk singer from the 1980s. Since President Xi Jinping took office in 2013, she has also attracted a lot of attention from home and abroad. She is ...
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For the past few decades, actress Liu Xiaoqing has managed to stay in the media spotlight, owing to her longevity as one of China's most popular actresses, still playing roles much younger than her own age. And being a top-selling ...
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Henry Chang-Yu Lee, the forensic scientist, had his own number tag (2056) at the Connecticut Department of Public Safety. But whenever his colleagues phoned for him, they asked for "007". In his career of more than 50 years, the ...
Erl is a small village in the northern part of Tyrol, Austria, which is more renowned for its cows than for double bass. But every summer, opera lovers - especially fans of the German composer Richard Wagner - from all over the world flock ...
The closing and awards ceremony of the 15th China Wuqiao International Circus Festival (CWICF) was held at Cangzhou Gymnasium in Cangzhou, Hebei province on the evening of October 7. There were 30 programs from over 20 countries at this ...
Tags: Circus Festival, traditional culture, acrobatic troupes
Chinese pianist Lang Lang records his new album at the Palace of Versailles, Chen Nan reports. Chinese pianist Lang Lang is seeking to highlight a connection between Russian composer Tchaikovsky and Polish composer Frederic Chopin, both ...
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