ATHENS-A decade after his last performance as actor and operetta singer with the Greek National Opera, Georgios Sochos stands confidently on the main stage of the 19th century Ziller Building of the National Theater of Greece in central Athens, practicing breathing exercises before singing, again.
Chun Wai Chan still recalls the first time he performed in The Nutcracker as a young student at Guangzhou Arts School in Guangdong province.
At first sight, the tall woman with thick long dark hair is conspicuous by the way she appears. Her stylish dress is embellished with colors and ornamental, embroidered patterns widely used in traditional Tajik clothing.
Destination British Columbia, which promotes the Canadian province as a tourist destination, recently invited tourism operators, consumer representatives and media to watch the documentary Great Bear Rainforest at the China National Film Museum in Beijing.
Silent rainbow was inspired by the colors of Rainbow Mountains of NW China's Gansu province.
XI'AN-Ushurova Sofiya, a professor from Kazakhstan at the school of law in Xi'an Jiaotong University, celebrated her 48th birthday on Dec 15. She has not left her home since that date.
It's hard to define what a theater producer does exactly, even for those working in the field.
YINCHUAN-When night fell, and the arch of the Milky Way came into sight above the Chinese equivalent of "Route 66" in the northwestern Chinese city of Zhongwei, astronomy photographer Dong Shuchang captured the most beautiful moment.
Lyu Jianqin speaks with pride whenever she introduces a particular piece of artwork to visitors coming to her home in Shiziyuan village.
Du Dakai vividly recalls a journey to Guangdong province in the winter of 1978.
Eleven years after Zhang Juncai, 72, a cultural relic restorer, retired from the Shanxi Archaeological Institute in Taiyuan, he is still breathing life into unearthed bronze ware, pottery, ironware, stoneware and frescoes.
How Shanxi's famed craft was nearly lost for good, before being revived and innovated upon