An annual dialogue between American and Chinese college students has taken place in Beijing. This year's event has asked the question: How much do we know about each other? In an attempt to answer it, college students from Chinese and ...
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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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Tom Cruise's stunts and news of some Chinese investment are drawing people to Mission: Impossible-Rouge Nation. Xu Fan interviews director Christopher McQuarrie. Ethan Hunt looks unbeatable in Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation. Tom ...
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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 ...
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The 6th China Beijing International Art Biennale opened its doors on Sept 24 at the National Art Museum of China. It is themed "Memory and Dreams". The thematic exhibition features 685 pieces of art from 96 countries. The exhibition ...
People can understand a country or a nation from its movies because films can be seen as carriers of culture. China's President Xi Jinping expressed his love towards American films like Sleepless in Seattle, at the welcoming dinner hosted ...
Latest stats are suggesting the Chinese box office may surpass the US as the world's largest by as early as 2018. Jim Rainey is a senior film reporter with US-based film industry publication Variety. He says the overseas markets have ...
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Muslims in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region began celebrating on Thursday as one of the biggest religious festivals in China gets underway. The three-day Corban Festival, also known as Eid al-Adha or feast of the sacrifice, centers ...
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The 2015 International Beijing Design Week (BJDW) kicked off on Wednesday, highlighting designs that are open and inclusive, and devoted to improving people's lives. Co-hosted by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of ...
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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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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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The 25th National Book Expo was held from Sep 25 to 27 in Taiyuan, Shanxi province by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television and the provincial government, aiming to promote nationwide reading and build a ...
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Xue Kaizhong was not surprised when the gold and silver coins he bought on Aug 27 for 6,600 yuan ($1,033) were worth 9,000 yuan in mid-September. The 64-year-old, who lives in Zhongshan, Guangdong province, stood in line for two hours to ...
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