BERLIN — Petra Lehmann did not expect such a vivid glimpse of traditional Chinese culture so close to home just a month before setting off on a two-week trip to China.
In November 1994, The Fugitive, an action-packed thriller starring Harrison Ford, arrived in Chinese cinemas, becoming the first major American feature film released on the Chinese mainland since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
KUALA LUMPUR — The Chinese folk song Jasmine Flower, tinged with exotic charm, fills the air of a rehearsal room. Young Chinese faces move among performers from Malaysia, Britain and Australia, repeatedly adjusting their positions, vocal delivery and movements.
For an opera written more than two centuries ago, the story begins in an unexpected place: a metro platform.
Chinese publishers are finding growing opportunities in Indonesia, where local publishing companies are exploring Chinese titles, copyright partnerships and printing technologies, and Indonesian readers are showing rising interest in Mandarin-language books.
This year, the familiar festival rhythm carried a distinctive Chinese note.
Three decades later, the same symphony offers a striking measure of how far Chinese orchestras have come.
On the third floor of the Museum of Art Pudong in Shanghai, visitors first encounter a nearly 10-meter-tall totem sculpture.
SYDNEY — No spoken dialogue. No translation. Just puppetry, music and movement. A drama inspired by the Chinese zodiac drew more than 2,000 people to two performances in Sydney on Sept 26, bringing a story conceived through Chinese-Australian collaboration to audiences of all ages.
The 2026 Latin American Art Season, organized by the China International Culture Association and China Arts and Entertainment Group, brought vibrant performances to Beijing's Chaoyang Park on Oct 6-7.
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