South Korea has ordered Volkswagen to recall 125,522 diesel vehicles after finding that emission test in the vehicles are manipulated. Regulators in South Korea have also imposed a $12.3m fine on the German automaker for emissions ...
Tags: Volkswagen, Audi, diesel cars
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 ...
Tags: Feng Xiaogang, Best Actor, 52nd Golden Horse
Supporters from around the world come together in St. Paul, Minnesota for 15th annual So The World May Hear Awards Gala in 2015. [Photo/starkeyhearingfoundation.org] Fifth-grader Xie Wen'an lost his hearing at an early age. Although he ...
Chinese veteran rocker and director Cui Jian poses during the 8th Rome Film Festival in Rome, Italy on November 13, 2013. Cui's film "Blue Bone" is to screen during the festival. [Photo/Xinhua] Cui Jian, China's "Godfather of Rock," will ...
Tags: Rome Film Festival, Cui Jian, Rock
Daniel Craig and the latest Bond girl, Lea Seydoux, at a Beijing promotional event for the latest Bond film. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] The latest James Bond film Spectre topped China's box office in the week ending Nov. 15, ...
Tags: film, Spectre, China's Box Office
Yoko Ono poses with her work, To See the Sky, at her solo show in Beijing. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] The 82-year-old conceptual artist and singer Yoko Ono was in Beijing late last week for her exhibition Golden Ladders, which is ...
Tags: Yoko Ono, Solo Exhibition, artist
Appropriately themed “Envision the future of lights” after its mission, the 20th edition of the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition had participants sharing inspirational ideas and innovative technologies. Dialogue of ...
Chinese LED enterprises are spending a fortune in acquiring foreign manufacturers in 2015. A couple of examples include Shenzhen Kaifa Technology (Kaifa) recent acquisition of U.S. LED manufacturer Bridgelux, Shanghai Felio Acoustics ...
The Consul General at the Chinese Consulate of Los Angeles, Liujian, Director of the information office of Beijing municipal government (L1); Wang Hui (R2), Vice-mayor of Beverly Hills Julian Gold (L2);and Dong Junqing, Vice president of ...
Tags: Spring Festival, Winter Olympics
A "tax free" sign written in English, Chinese and Korean is displayed at a shop popular with tourists from Chinese-speaking countries in the upscale Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, February 19, 2015. [Photo: CFP] Chinese shoppers are ...
Tags: Chinese Shopping, "tax free", Japan
Four islands in Fiji, Greece, the United Kingdom and Canada were put up for auction on China's largest online shopping platform Taobao, with three of them sold within 12 hours. Any Chinese citizen who put up a 1,000 yuan ($159) deposit ...
Tags: Islands, Taobao, Wealthy Chinese, ownership
A series of events for celebrating Chinese New Year and introducing Beijing's bid regarding 2022 Winter Olympics kicked off in Helsinki on February 18th. Yu Qingtai, China's ambassador to Finland; Jussi Pajunen, mayor of Helsinki; and Chen ...
The opening ceremony of "Beijing Week" at 2015 Milan Expo was held at the China Pavilion on May 30th. Officials from China and Italy including Wang Jinzhen, Chief Representative of the Chinese government on 2015 Milan Expo and Vice Chairman ...
Tags: Milan Expo, CINITALIA, "Beijing Week"
After the fierce competition of athletes, the 2015 China Gongga 100km International Mountain Trail Challenge and Walking Festival came to its successful close on the afternoon of August 23. Chinese athletes Zhang Wen and Yun Yanqiao won ...
Tags: outdoor sports, Walking Festival
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