The last-minute change to China's submission for the 2016 Academy Awards best foreign language film award was because "Wolf Totem" did not meet the requirements. According to a report by China Film News, Oscars organizers notified ...
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Oscar-winning French director Jean-Jacques Annaud denounced Academy Award organizers yesterday after his Sino-French co-production, Wolf Totem, was dropped from the Oscar race for being insufficiently Chinese. Annaud said he was ...
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On a sleepless night in early spring of 2013, standing on the balcony of his New York apartment, choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung saw the sky begin to fill with a magical blue hue. For some 20 minutes, the sun was still below the horizon but ...
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Dheepan, Palme d'Or winner at this year's Cannes Film Festival, will premiere at the Institut Français de Chine in Beijing on Friday. Directed by Frenchman Jacques Audiard, the film tells the story of three Tamil refugees who fled ...
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The surprise choice of Go Away Mr Tumor instead of Wolf Totem as China's official entry for this year's Oscars has shocked local filmmakers, who say the Academy's rules 'aren't clear.' Xu Fan reports. Young Chinese director Han Yan was ...
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Tibetan moviemakers are increasingly moving away from themes of scenery and mysticism to tell people stories. The Tibetan-language movie Tharlo has been nominated in four categories for this year's Golden Horse Award, a prestigious annual ...
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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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Chinese influence in Britain is notable from the late 17th century onwards as wealthy Britons and a growing middle class provided a demand for Chinese goods such as porcelain and commodities such as tea. Chinese culture travelled to ...
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Guests from both the Chateau de Chambord and Summer Palace attend the opening ceremony of the exhibition on Oct 20, 2015. An exhibition on the culture and history of French royal castle, the Chateau de Chambord, opened at the Garden of ...
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A screen capture from film The Little Prince. One of the most translated novellas globally, The Little Prince has reportedly found its way into 253 languages and dialects, selling as many as 200 million copies, but has rarely been made ...
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Hamleys’ French owner Ludendo is now in advanced negotiations to sell the business, talks that are now expected to end in a purchase within the next few weeks. The sale of iconic toy store Hamleys sale to a Chinese buyer is likely ...
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President Xi Jinping and Britain's Prince Andrew unveil a plaque as they attend the opening of the UCL Institute of Education Confucius Institute annual conference in London on Thursday. Alastair Grant / Associated Press Classrooms make ...
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Emerging Chinese director Song Pengfei could hardly believe that his first try at film directing would turn out to be an immediate success. At Friday night, amid applause and enthusiasm, Song, director of a movie entitled Underground ...
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A tribute to Monet by T'ang Haywen. [Photo provided to China Daily] French-Chinese artist T'ang Haywen (1927-91) was famous for exploring the full potential of Chinese ink art during his decadeslong residence in Paris since 1948. An ...
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Groupe Renault’s industrial design team has cleebrated Le Corbusier by designing and creating a project for a 21st century car inspired by the architect’s modernist principles and theories The interwar period saw the birth of ...
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