Culture & Life
Culture & Life
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And Lyrical Flow The Classical Notes
Oct 29, 2015No matter what soothes your soul, the classic or beyond the mainstream, come and be spoiled for choice at the Beijing Music Festival, says Chen Jie. For music lovers, Beijing has too many choices, from high-brow classical to underground ...
Tags: Beijing Music Festival, concert
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Filmmakers Join Online Heavy-Hitters
Oct 29, 2015As China's Internet giants rewrite the rules of the game for the traditional film industry, a new big player backed by the world's largest game company recently tapped into the booming market. Tencent Pictures, a subsidiary of Tencent ...
Tags: film industry, Tencent, Online
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Movies' Midas Touch
Oct 29, 2015Cinema 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 ...
Tags: Movies, box offices
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Chinese Artists Draw on 40 Years of Ties
Oct 29, 2015Thailand through the Dragon's Brushes, an exhibition of the works of 11 leading Chinese artists, opened in Bangkok on Friday as part of celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Thailand. The ...
Tags: Chinese artists, Thailand, exhibition
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Western Section of The Palace Museum to Open for The 1st Time
Oct 29, 2015Anticipation among history buffs is running high ahead of the opening up of the western section of the Forbidden City. Officials with the Palace Museum in Beijing are set to open the western part of the Imperial Palace compound for the ...
Tags: Western Section, Palace Museum, Open
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Juilliard School's Tianjin Campus to Open in 2018
Oct 29, 2015New York's renowned Juilliard School will launch its first overseas campus to offer graduate courses in music in the northern Chinese municipality of Tianjin by 2018. Sources with the administrative commission of Tianjin Binhai New ...
Tags: Juilliard School, Tianjin Campus, Music
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Excavation of Famed Chinese Warship Underway
Oct 29, 2015Chinese archaeologists are set to start a new round of underwater excavation after a famed late Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) warship was discovered in the depths of the Yellow Sea. The shipwreck that was code-named "Dandong No 1" has been ...
Tags: underwater excavation, Warship, Yellow Sea
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Film of Deng Xiaoping's US Visit Shown at Harvard Univ.
Oct 29, 2015A film depicting the story of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's 1979 historic visit to the United States has been shown at Harvard University. The 94-minute film, Mr. Deng Goes to Washington, is the first big-screen production chronicling ...
Tags: Film, Deng Xiaoping, Harvard University
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Part of International Arts Festival: World Music Shanghai
Oct 29, 2015From African drums to the hurdy-gurdy, World Music Shanghai promises 21 bands from 13 countries, including China, Spain, Cuba, and Kazakhstan. It's part of this year's China Shanghai International Arts Festival. World music encompasses a ...
Tags: World Music Shanghai, Arts, World music
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an Artist and Poet Who Draws Inspiration From Business
Oct 29, 2015Fu Yiqing's life has many facets. She runs a successful interior decoration business, and travels to scores of countries to learn about local handicraft skills. Her installation art works have drawn huge crowds and more than 90,000 saw her ...
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a Soldier Embarks on a Media Mission
Oct 29, 2015New Defense Ministry spokesman highlights importance of 'utmost sincerity' in key role After his successful debut as spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense, Wu Qian was both focused and modest: "I expect to undertake this job ...
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Taking The First Steps for a Marathon
Oct 29, 2015Running is simple. If you can walk, you can run. Running is inclusive. It is a sport for anyone, at any age and from any profession. It does not require a lot of monetary inputs. All you need is a pair of running shoes, and a ...
Tags: Running, First Steps, Marathon
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Master of Handicraft Weaves His Magic in City Park
Oct 29, 2015After cutting a palm leaf into three pieces and knotting them together, Hu Licheng quickly weaved the stomach of a cricket. "Hold this for me," he said as he handed the partly-finished handicraft to a boy near the gate of Jing'an Park in ...
Tags: palm leaf, handicraft Weaves, City Park
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Stars of The Sidewalk
Oct 29, 2015Street performers say licenses provide a place to show off their talentsand some much-needed social recognition, reports Li Xueqing in Shanghai. One Friday afternoon in September, Xing Zhenhua opened his guitar case and began singing in ...
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TCM Gaining Recognition with Western Institutes
Oct 29, 2015Traditional Chinese medicine has won more recognition in Western countries in recent years, but the 5,000-year-old medical science still needs a modern interpretation to break into the mainstream Western market. According to the ...
