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
More than 5,000 British students will be taught Mandarin in schools, after a 15 million US dollar funding boost announced Wednesday by the British government. Last year, only about 2 percent of state funded primary schools in Britain and ...
Tags: British students, Mandarin, Chinese
The president of the Vienna Boys Choir, Mr. Gerald, and his boys presented a group-singing performance at the Austrian embassy in Beijing on Sep 25, 2015. The children’s chorus performed several Austrian songs and a Chinese song, ...
New 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 ...
Running 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
Street 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 ...
The famous Chinese cardiologist Zhang Shu, 56, was the main official at this year's World Congress of Arrhythmias, which was held in Beijing from Sept 17-19. As the secretary-general of the World Society of Arrhythmias that is held once ...
Tags: Chinese Doctor, Arrhythmias, ICD
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 ...
The gap between domestic blockbusters and their Hollywood counterparts is closing, especially in visual effects. In recent years, inspired by high-grossing Hollywood pictures, domestic filmmakers have attempted to cash in on films driven ...
Tags: Homegrown Films, Hollywood, SARFT
It's around 8 pm. The streets are quiet. For most of Heze, a city in East China's Shandong province, which has a population of around 8 million and is known as the main center for the cultivation of the national flower peony, it is the end ...
Tags: Traditional Art, Chinese folk operas, cultural activity center
When The Heaven & Earth Totem/China Beat concert opens on Oct 19 in Beijing's popular bar area of Sanlitun, the audience will experience something which is more like a shamanic ritual. "I hope our post-ancient rhythms can lead our ...
Tags: Liu Sola, musicians, classical music
The Chinese government will ensure that every village and urban community has its own cultural center within five years. Culture centers that meet state standards for resources, facilities, services and functions should be in place by ...
Tags: cultural center, Public Cultural Services, village, urban
Global market research company Mintel has released its food and drink trend predictions for 2016. From food alternatives going mainstream to matching DNA and diets, consumers can expect many innovations in product development and ...
Tags: Food Trends, Drink Trends
The Wilkins Group is investing over $3m into a brand new state of the art factory on the island of Sri Lanka. The Wilkins Group bought the land overseas back in 2013, and work began on the two-acre site at the back end of last year, with ...
Tags: Wilkins Group, LEED certification