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Multicultural Pop Star Sa Readies for National Tour

Dec 2, 2015

[Photo/Xinhua] Sa Dingding is among the few Chinese pop stars who have grabbed the attention of Western audiences. Her 2007 album, Alive, on which Sa performs in Mandarin, Tibetan, Sanskrit and a self-created language, won her the BBC ...

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Replicas of Eight Caves in Mogao Grottoes on Exhibition in Shanghai

Dec 2, 2015

Replicas of "Cave 220" in China's Mogao Grottoes are on display at the Shanghai Himalayas Museum in Shanghai starting from November 29, 2015. [Photo/xinmin.cn] Replicas of eight caves in China's Mogao Grottoes have gone on show in ...

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'The Road of Rice' Leads You to a Different World

Dec 2, 2015

A rice field in Heilongjiang province. [Photo/Xinhua] The press conference for the grand cultural feature series, The Road of Rice, was held in Beijing on Dec 1. Two episodes of the documentary are expected to be finished before the 2016 ...

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The Traditional Chinese Festival of Laba

Dec 1, 2015

Laba Festival is held on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month on the Chinese calendar. It is a festival that started as a sacrificial offering to ancestors. It is a traditional festival of China that is regarded as the preface of the Spring ...

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Going About It The Hard Way

Nov 26, 2015

Actor Liao Fan plays the title role in The Master, a martial arts thriller that pays tribute to Bruce Lee. The movie is set to open across the country on Dec 11. [Photo provided to China Daily] While most directors rely on computers to ...

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Choreographer Discovers The Color in Human Movement

Nov 26, 2015

Dancer-choreographer Hou Ying instructs young dancers at a rehearsal of her production Tu Tu in Beijing. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/China Daily] At a late-afternoon rehearsal in a vast studio at Hou Ying Dance Theater on Beijing's outskirts, ...

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New Bond Movie Dominates China's Box Office

Nov 26, 2015

Actors Lea Seydoux, Daniel Craig and Monica Bellucci (L-R) pose for photographers on the red carpet at the French premiere of the new James Bond 007 film "Spectre" in Paris, France, Oct 29, 2015. [Photo/Agencies] "Spectre," a new James ...

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Century-Old Chinese Railway Station Applies for World Heritage

Nov 26, 2015

[File photo/Hebei Daily] A century-old railway station in North China's Zhangjiakou has applied to become a world cultural heritage, the city government said in a statement on Wednesday. Zhangjiakou North Railway Station, the ending ...

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Crime Thriller Film Due for Release on Friday

Nov 26, 2015

Hong Kong veteran actor Lau Ching-wan (left) and mainland actress Jiang Yiyan (right) pose for a picture together in Beijing as they promote their new film "The Murderer Vanishes". [Photo/CRIENGLISH.com] Tough-guy Hong Kong veteran actor ...

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Venerable Villages on Mount Danxia

Nov 26, 2015

Niubi Village ensconces among mountains in the Mount Danxia hinterland. [File photo] Scenery along the world's longest high-speed railway from Beijing, on the vast North China Plain, southward to Guangzhou, over the Yellow River and ...

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Director Feng Xiaogang Nominated for Best Actor at 52nd Golden Horse

Nov 26, 2015

Cannes-winning director Hou Hsiao-Hsien's film The Assassin led the race with 11 nominations at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards, Asia's equivalent to the Oscars. The Assassin is nominated for 11 awards, including best screenplay, best ...

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Lin Feng: Painter of China's Western Regions

Nov 26, 2015

A Huidong Beauty. 68 × 68 cm Lin Feng was born in Indonesia in 1938, and returned with his family 10 years later to their ancestral home of Fuqing, Fujian Province. When, during the 1960s, the government called on young ...

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Puppets Get People Hooked at Fujian Festival

Nov 26, 2015

A German artist performs at the China Quanzhou International Puppet Festival. GUO HONGSONG/CHINA DAILY It was a fiesta for puppets-those artful creatures that come to joyful life and overcome language barrier. Last week, as a highlight ...

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Nearly 1 Million International Students Now in US Colleges: Report

Nov 26, 2015

Almost a million international students were currently studying at colleges and universities across the United States, a new report said on Monday. According to latest data from the 2015 Open Doors Report, an annual survey by the US ...

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Seeing China Through Tuscan Eyes

Nov 26, 2015

The Tree by Domenico Monteforte. [Photo provided to China Daily] Artists from Tuscany in Italy have used brushes, colors and even a shuttlecock to portray their impressions of China. The exhibition, New Ways of Seeing, at the Shaw Hall ...

Tags: impressions of China, Artists, Chinese culture