A growing mania for sinology means that increasing numbers of parents are sending their children to sinology classes to wear traditional Chinese clothes and recite classical Chinese verses.
The Chinese box office rocketed on the release of So Young, directorial debut of actress Vicki Zhao. With a whopping RMB 45 million in receipts, the movie shattered opening day box office records for a non-3D Chinese-language film. By day 16 the lowbudget rom-com had grossed RMB 600 million.
After a trial opening upon its completion at year-end, the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes Tourist Center will open to the public next May, Fan Jinshi, director of the Dunhuang Academy of China, told China Today in an interview on April 8.
