Every January, the Juilliard School in New York stages six free concerts as part of an event called the Focus! Festival. It emphasizes one theme. This year, the prestigious performing arts institution has chosen contemporary China as its inspiration.
On Tuesday, the Delegation of the European Union to China held a media event to begin the “2018 EU-China Tourism Year” in Beijing.
China will deepen the reform of Confucius Institutes by raising the quality of education, improving systems, and offering more innovative programs, according to an article carried by Wednesday's China Education Daily.
Chinese artists perform during the "Happy Chinese New Year" event to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in Limassol, Cyprus, Jan 24, 2018.
Visitors take photos in front of the red lanterns set for Chinese lunar new year, at the Thean Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan 24, 2018.
To enhance deeper Sino-US cultural exchanges and to further promote the Chinese dulcimer (yangqin) overseas, a cooperative music festival, “2018 New York • USA — 1st International Dulcimer Music Festival at Eastman School of Music”, will be held at the prominent Eastman School of music in the US on Jan 29.
An activity celebrating Chinese New Year was held recently at a community in the Furong district of Changsha city, in Central China's Hunan province, which showcased Chinese folk customs and intangible cultural heritage.
Southeast Asian languages hold bright prospects for learners in China
The Laba Festival, a traditional Chinese festival on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month, fell on Jan 24 this year.
The EU-China Tourism Year 2018 (ECTY) was launched here on Friday, bringing together high level officials and private operators from both sides.
Armed with a guitar and pop-folk tracks, Swiss pop singer and songwriter Bastian Baker has wrapped up his latest China tour in four cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, running between Jan 9 and 12.
An exhibition of Wang Hongjun's abstract paintings opened Jan 17 at the museum of the Russian Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg. It was the first time that an exhibition of Chinese abstract art was held at this museum since its establishment 260 years ago.