Talking with Xu Dongdong is a pleasure. His gentle voice with its authentic Beijing burr is easy on the ear.
People watch the Chinese traditional textile technology at the opening ceremony of Zhejiang Culture Festival in Izmir, Turkey, July 28, 2015.
The Silk Road International Music Forum was kicked off in Beijing on July 26. Through October this year, opening ceremony, forums and concerts, will be held in Lanzhou, capital city of Gansu province in Northwest China and Dunhuang, a city of Gansu province famous for the Mogao Caves.
A crowd-funding activity for Paper culture along the Silk Road, a video series exploring the origin and development of Chinese papermaking technology, has been launched at the Yanjiyou Bookstore in Beijing on July 25, 2015.
American painter Ross Lewis' ongoing exhibition in Beijing tells the story of how Chinese cultural influences have shaped his work.
Wei Dong is known for his stimulating, erotic images of women. But since 2010, though still painting nudity, his canvas has turned less provocative.
American rockers Linkin Park rounded off its five-date The Hunting Party China Tour with a sold-out gig at Beijing Workers' Stadium.
Models present traditional Tibetan costumes during an art festival held in Yushu, Northwest China's Qinghai province, July 25, 2015.
More than 200,000 visitors have been to view the "Van Gogh Alive" exhibition being held in an "Art Castle" erected on Taiping Lake in Shanghai's Xintiandi area, earning it the top position among the cultural exhibitions in Shanghai in 2015.
The play 4:48 Psychosis has not so much lost the plot as not had one in the first place. Indeed, the work of the late British playwright Sarah Kane has no specific setting or stage direction either.
Artists perform a dance named "Guanyin Buddha", Buddhist goddess of mercy, during the 4th China Xinjiang International Dance Festival in Urumqi, capital of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, July 25, 2015.
A press briefing on the upcoming Chinese culture season in UK was held on Friday morning at National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA). Officials from the Chinese Ministry of Culture as well as the British Embassy in China attended the conference and made presentations.