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Gu Ying: from flying high to watching the sky

2017-01-13 08:13

Former paraglider stays connected to beloved sport through bird-watching, photography, Xing Yi reports.

Remembering the handover

2017-01-13 07:19

The autobiography of Sir Malcom Rifkind, former UK foreign secretary, recounts the negotiations up to the return of Hong Kong to China on June 30, 1997.

Qing Dynasty vase grabs high price at auction

2017-01-12 12:21

A vase decorated with blooming flowers sold for 22.425 million yuan ($3.24 million) at a Beijing auction on Wednesday night.

Traditional New Year artwork on show

2017-01-12 11:10

An exhibition featuring traditional New Year pictures has opened at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, in the lead up to the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year.

Artists join mixed-media shows in Beijing, Shanghai

2017-01-12 10:38

Fotile Theater, a contemporary art exhibition now in Beijing, teams up several artists who are active in painting, installation, video and other mixed-media art.

Big data show netizens hooked on entertainment news

2017-01-12 09:50

Results of a big-data analysis revealed on Tuesday that 68.29 percent of Chinese netizens are followers of entertainment news.

Tibetan painting tradition on show in Beijing

2017-01-12 09:32

Heavenly Tibet, an ongoing exhibition at the National Art Museum of China, celebrates the variety of thangka, the age-old art of Tibetan Buddhist painting.

First IMAX 3D panda film starts shooting in SW China

2017-01-11 14:57

Panda lovers can expect more spectacular views of the bear in cinemas as the first IMAX 3D panda documentary began filming on Tuesday in Southwest China's Sichuan province.

China to revise textbook language on anti-Japanese war

2017-01-11 13:34

Starting in the spring semester of 2017, China's textbooks will adopt the phrase "14-year Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression," marking a revision to the current wording, the Ministry of Education said Tuesday.

2,300-year-old ancient tomb discovered in C China's Hubei

2017-01-11 13:11

Bronze and porcelain are among the items unearthed in an ancient tomb that had recently been discovered along the Jingmen section of the Menghua Railway in Central China's Hubei province.

Peking Opera artist Huang Xiaoci dies

2017-01-11 11:19

Famed Peking Opera artist Huang Xiaoci, who twice won the Plum Performance Award, the highest honor of China's performing arts, died on Monday at age 73.

Folk artists make woodblock paintings for Spring Festival

2017-01-11 10:50

Folk artists hang newly-made woodblock new year paintings up to dry in Yangjiabu village of Hanting district in Weifang, East China's Shandong province, Jan 10, 2017.