China's high-speed rail received the "Classic Design Award" at the opening ceremony of Beijing International Design Week Saturday night. The high-speed rail stood out from 10 nominees including Great Hall of the People, the restoration ...
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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, ...
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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This year marks the 60th birthday of the adorable female rabbit, Miffy. Created in 1955 by Dutch artist Dick Bruna, Miffy is not only a toy popular among adults, but a cartoon character that many kids have grown up with. "Dick Bruna ...
People danced to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday at Lotus Lake Park, Fengtai district, on Sept 26. It was also the final competition of Dancing Beijing, an annual contest for amateur dancers. The finalists ...
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China's high-speed rail won the "Classic Design Award" at this year's Beijing International Design Week, standing out from 10 nominees. As the top prize of BJDW, the "Classic Design Award" is given to those who've implemented and used ...
As Cining Gong in the Forbidden City is set to be unveiled to the public, some of those behind its painstaking restoration process share their experiences. Wang Kaihao reports. It is a closed part of the Palace Museum, also known as the ...
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Art Nova 2015, an exhibition for young artists from China and abroad, will be held in Beijing next week. About 350 local and foreign artists are expected to participate in the annual event that started in 2011, encouraged by the ...
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Li Biao Percussion Band celebrates its staying power with a national tour, Chen Jie reports. While it is easy to start a new project in China, it is usually difficult to sustain it, especially for a decade. But percussionist Li Biao has ...
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An exhibition displaying old royal craftsmanship began on Friday at China's former imperial palace. The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, is displaying 43 sets of cultural relics, including antique clocks, embroidery and ...
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Art critic Yi Ying is displaying more than 50 landscape paintings at the CaoChangdi art zone in Beijing. Following Yi's solo exhibition in Shanghai last year, Yi is now making his Beijing debut. Most of these paintings are created by Yi ...
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The world's largest 3D printed architectural structure, VULCAN, highlighted at the Beijing International Design Week and was unveiled at Parkview Green on Friday. Developed by Laboratory for Creative Design, the innovative 3D printing ...
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More than 30 poets from China and abroad, including Germany, France, Iran and the United States, gathered at Beijing's China Millennium Monument on Sunday to celebrate the annual Mid-autumn festival and recite their works about the moon at ...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping recently paid a state visit to the US, but cultural exchanges between the two countries are an important backdrop to the diplomatic ones. For example, Universal Studios has just contracted to build a theme park ...
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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