Chinese TV producer Shen Jian (right) is a frequent guest at influential film events, such as the Academy Awards ceremony. [Photo provided to China Daily] Ang Lee turned down a number of interview requests from world media when his ...
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[Photo/Xinhua] Sa Dingding is among the few Chinese pop stars who have grabbed the attention of Western audiences. Her 2007 album, Alive, on which Sa performs in Mandarin, Tibetan, Sanskrit and a self-created language, won her the BBC ...
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Performances of Peking Opera, which originated in the mid-19th century, are still popular among Chinese audiences. [Photo provided to China Daily] Early last year, when Shan Jixiang, director of the Palace Museum, suggested establishing a ...
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Well-known statues, artworks, and ancient Roman icons will be displayed. [Photo/Chinanews.com] Up to 233 sets of ancient relics from Rome will meet Chinese visitors in the coming year. That's according to an agreement signed by the ...
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A set photo of The Phantom of the Opera in Beijing. [Photo/CRIENGLISH.com] Twenty-nine years after its premiere in London, Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera" is now being staged in Beijing for the first time. It is ...
"The mystic chords of memory ... will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature." With this, US President Abraham Lincoln ended his first inaugural speech in March ...
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Actor He Shan is a big fan of Woody Allen. He has what one can call a small collection of his movies, music and theater works. In 2013, He read a book, which had Chinese translations of three of Allen's one-act plays, Riverside Driver, Old ...
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With a history spanning more than two centuries, Peking Opera is regarded as the jewel in the crown of Chinese culture. Born in Beijing in the mid-19th century, it absorbed facets of a variety of performing arts from different provinces ...
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Sergi Carreras has recently fulfilled his longtime dream to perform in China. Sergi Carreras recalls his uncle, Jose Carreras, returning to Barcelona from his first visit to China in 1998 after attending the debut edition of the Beijing ...
Chinese smartphone owners spend nearly eight hours looking at electronic screens each day, the third longest in the world, with smartphones and laptops dominating their "screen time," according to survey results released on Wednesday. ...
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The first five-seat version of the Jaguar C-X17 concept has been unveiled at the Guangzhou motor show in China, giving the strongest hint yet of what is anticipated to become the brand’s first-ever production SUV. Seen in blue at ...
China has become the world's largest manufacturer and consumer of clothing. Large cities not only feature various domestic and overseas famous brand franchise stores, but also countless stands selling low-cost clothes. When the People's ...
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