China is facing a reading crisis, with more than 50 percent of people surveyed believing their reading is far from enough, and only 20 percent satisfied with themselves. According to Xu Shengguo, head of the Chinese Academy of Press and ...
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Government officials, publishers and library professionals in the US and China gathered on Monday in Seattle to launch a joint exhibit on Chinese braille publications. They also shared ideas on how the government and community could ...
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British rock band Muse is currently on their first-ever tour in China. On Saturday night, they made their mainland debut at Beijing's Mastercard Centre. Famous for their highly conceptualized albums, innovative instrumentation, and ...
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The 2nd Silk Road International Arts Festival concluded on Tuesday in Xi'an, capital of West China's Shaanxi province. Artists and companies from 62 countries participated in the festival, almost double in number compared with last year. ...
The Xi Jinping Era presents his vision in Chinese and English, and offers glimpses into the president's personal life. As a young boy, Xi Jinping once refused to wear an old pair of shoes with floral prints for fear of being teased by ...
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Most of them dropped out of high school because of poverty. They were farmers before changing, ahem, their profession. They have appeared on TV and performed at various galas. To top it all, they have also performed on CCTV's Spring ...
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Cinema 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 ...
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Fu 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 ...
Peng Liyuan is more than simply China's first lady. She enjoyed a glittering career as a folk singer from the 1980s. Since President Xi Jinping took office in 2013, she has also attracted a lot of attention from home and abroad. She is ...
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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 ...
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The Great Wall is vanishing, with less than 10% of the total stretch of more than 20,000 kilometers remaining in good condition, according to a report unveiled by China Youth News on Oct 9. Badly damaged The current concept of the Great ...
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Nestle India has begun the production of Maggi Noodles at three of its plants in India and is targeting launch in November to take advantage of the festive season sales. Nestle has begun Maggi Noodles production at its plants in ...
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The traditional friendship between China and Islamic countries has a long history. Since 2,500 years ago, China and the Islamic world had exchanged both of material and spiritual assets through the ancient Silk Road, and resulted in the ...
Traders of mined diamonds are divided over how to best respond to the growth of their laboratory-grown counterparts. Last week, India’s Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) became the second exchange to ban trading of man-made diamonds, ...
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 ...
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