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Chinese buyers spend $116m at art auction in NY

2015-05-12 10:35

Three deep-pocketed Chinese buyers spent a total of $116.67 million at an auction of Western art on May 5 in New York.

Wuhan gets new museum on university grounds

2015-05-12 07:53

For years, cherry trees in full bloom at the prestigious Wuhan University have made the campus a springtime attraction.

Peking Man tooth reveals details of ancient humans

2015-05-11 09:30

Fossils of Peking Man are very rare, as most disappeared during World War II, so it is no surprise that scientists are excited by analysis published on a tooth from a 600,000 year old ancestor of modern man.

Expo Milano 2015 visitors have taste of China

2015-05-10 14:40

Less than two weeks after the opening of Expo Milano 2015, the Italian world exposition dedicated to nutrition, the China pavilion at lunch time is bustling with visitors from all over the world.

Movie mogul buys Picasso at NY auction for nearly $30m

2015-05-09 02:04

Chinese movie mogul Wang Zhongjun paid $29.9 million for a Picasso painting auctioned off from the Goldwyn family collection at Sotheby’s in New York on Tuesday.

Dutch collector: mummified Buddha will return to China

2015-05-08 17:46

Through a social network, Dutch private collector Oscar van Overeem, who owns the 1,000-year-old Buddha statue with a mummified monk inside, said recently he is willing to return the relic to China.

Greek embassy holds Open Day in Beijing

2015-05-08 17:17

Open Day with Greek tourism as its theme was held at the Embassy of Greece in Beijing on May 7.

Faye Wong to complete an unfinished song of Teresa Teng

2015-05-08 16:17

Hong Kong pop singer Faye Wong is to complete a song left unfinished by Taiwan singer Teresa Teng, who died 20 years.

Chinese media mogul Wang Zhongjun buys Picasso portrait

2015-05-08 10:30

The chairman of Huayi Brothers Media Wang Zhongjun purchased Pablo Picasso’s Femme Au Chignon Dans Un Fauteuil for $29.93 million at the Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale in New York on Tuesday.

Cultural heritage found buried in Beijing

2015-05-08 10:16

Tongzhou Tuqiao (earth paved bridge), part of the historical Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Beijing’s Tongzhou district, has been discovered under a modern residential community, according to Beijing Youth Daily.

China gains popularity among Kazakh people

2015-05-08 09:54

More and more Kazakh students are learning Chinese, especially after the founding of the first Confucius Institute in Kazakhstan nine years ago.

A Chinese pianist can tell her good shows from bad

2015-05-08 07:46

Like many girls, Zuo Zhang loved Barbie dolls when she was a child. However, when her mother took her to buy a present for her third birthday, she chose a piano over a doll.

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