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Critic worries over Chinese children's film dearth
2013-10-05 13:58
A senior Chinese film writer and critic has voiced concern over a short supply of indigenous, quality movies for China's 300 million young children, a trend that he says weakens the building of this next generation's cultural identities.

Animation more than a fantasy
2013-10-05 11:24
Creative approaches needed in artistry and business as animators face bottlenecks in traditional broadcast media.

Tales of two countries
2013-10-02 10:32
Dai Sijie is like a bridge. He connects the medium of literature with that of film; and at the same time he links up the world of China, where he was born and grew up, with that of France, where he attained fame, as both a novelist and a film director.

It's a woman's world when nühanzi step up
2013-09-30 14:41
Several photos that recently went viral on Weibo, or China's Twitter-like microblog, showing a girl drinking from a jug instead of a cup and another trimming her toenails with an awe-inspiring pair of pliers rather than a clipper, have drawn attention to the rising demographic of nühanzi, or manly women.

Reality bites: talent shows fight for China survival
2013-09-30 13:20
TV industry observers have made much of the hug that Chris Lee, China's first grassroots singer to make the cover of Time Magazine Asia, gave Hua Chenyu, the freshly crowned champion of Super Boy.

New tourism law raises hopes
2013-09-30 09:58
Like most Chinese people do in the first week of October, I spent my first National Day holiday eight years ago traveling to Xi'an.

Leftover women or an unappreciated feast?
2013-09-29 09:41
In China, single women in their 30s have become the target of attention for the wrong reason, not for their professional achievements but for their perceived undesirable marital status.

Novel's translation another step for overseas exposure
2013-09-24 14:37
The publication of Gao Jianqun's Tongwan City in English marks another step forward in the country's efforts to promote its publications abroad.

Chinese TV show gets ready for US market
2013-09-23 14:58
The Legend of Zhen Huan, a Chinese TV drama which depicts the power struggle between the concubines of an emperor, has already been a success in Asian countries. Now, it’s about to land in the US, a positive sign that Chinese TV is increasingly ready to move into the international arena.

Moxibustion must improve in quality: experts
2013-09-22 14:06
Moxibustion, a type of traditional Chinese medicine therapy, is becoming fashionable but much more needs to be done to maintain its popularity and improve the quality of moxibustion products, experts said at a Beijing forum in September.

In the best possible taste?
2013-09-22 13:44
Whether you think it's creative or not, Florentijn Hofman's Rubber Duck proves that a common object such as a child's bath-time friend can inspire the birth of a public art work.

Bringing out the inner child
2013-09-16 10:26
The Rubber Duck, as it is known in English, first popped up in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor in May and has now landed in Beijing's Garden Expo.
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