For the 400th anniversary celebrations of the Bard's death, a flurry of activities in publishing, theater and films is taking place across China.
The town of Stratford-on-Avon in Britain and Fuzhou city in China have signed an agreement to become sister cities on April 22, as the hometowns of two great playwrights William Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu mark the 400th anniversary of their deaths.
Through the network of Confucius Institutes in the country, Colombians are joining those in other Latin American countries to celebrate the United Nation's Chinese Language Day on Wednesday.
Musicians from China play drums at the opening ceremony of the 4th International Festival for Drums and Traditional Art in Cairo, Egypt, April 19, 2016.
A rare collection of works of art from the Wu School of the Ming dynasty has gone on display in Washington DC.
American singer Jermaine Jackson has signed a deal to set up a studio in Shanghai, consisting of a theme park and art school in honor of his late brother Michael Jackson.
Egypt's capital Cairo hosted a four-day art exhibition that features abstract ink wash works of six Chinese contemporary female artists, an event meant to intensify cultural ties between the two nations.
A dancer of Chinese "Yabin Studio" performs during a dress rehearsal of "The Moon Opera" at the Palace of Arts in Budapest, Hungary, April 18, 2016.
National Ballet of China will stage John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet from Wednesday to Sunday at Tianqiao Theater to mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death.
Chinese in Stockholm have celebrated the Nordic Spring with a concert focusing on Chinese styles.
In order to commemorate the 400th year anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, a special public screening of the recent adaptation of the playwright's tragedy Macbeth was held last night at the China Film Archive in Beijing as the opening movie for the British Film section of the ongoing Beijing Int'l Film Festival.