Universal Studios has been given the approval for the development of a Hollywood theme park in Beijing.

The iconic comedy series "A Chinese Odyssey", or da hua xi you, will reopen in Chinese theatres next Friday.

Chinese Suzhou Ori Animation Co. Ltd and Russian RSW Group will jointly shoot animated films. Representatives held a signing ceremony on Oct 9 in Moscow. Zhang Zhonghua, cultural counselor of Chinese Embassy to Russia and director of the China Culture Center in Moscow, attended the ceremony and made a speech.

Chinese poet Jidi Majia was one of the recipients of the 2014 Mkiva Humanitarian Awards on Oct 11. The jury called him the "defender of people's culture".

"The Good Person of Szechwan", a classical drama by German playwright Bertolt Brecht, will be staged at the National Theatre of China in Beijing from Oct 29 to Nov 1, 2014.