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Spring auction highlights put on show in Hong Kong

2022-04-01 14:20

Works of art dating from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) to today, including ceramics, paintings and Buddhist statues, will be on show at Christie's gallery in Hong Kong from April 1 to 4 and 7 to 13. They will go under the hammer at the auctioneer's spring sales scheduled for May.

Project marks key victory in water supply

2022-04-01 09:10

TIANJIN-Fan Lanchi, 58, still remembers the flavor of a cup of tea 39 years ago, when he was a student at Nankai University.

Artificial nests give security to endangered white storks

2022-04-01 09:07

HARBIN-Honghe national nature reserve in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province has built 100 new artificial nests for endangered Oriental white storks.

Compiling a China bucket list that rocks

2022-04-01 09:03

I love geological formations! Heck, my last name is Stone, so it's only fitting! Volcanos, in particular, hold a special fascination.

Pakistani volunteer joins Shanghai's COVID-19 fight

2022-04-01 08:57

SHANGHAI-Braving the heavy rain, Pakistani businessman Habib Ur Rehman, 33, left home early in the morning to assist Shanghai's pandemic prevention efforts as a volunteer.

Batman returns

2022-04-01 08:54

Amid the country's ongoing COVID-19 resurgence, more than half of China's cinemas have been closed since last week. But in its latest cinematic reboot, Batman, one of the most iconic American comic book heroes, has found a way to captivate Chinese audiences.

Picturing art's past

2022-04-01 08:49

As the focus of the visitor's eyes moves, the scroll of A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains, one of the best-known Chinese landscape paintings by artist Wang Ximeng of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), unfurls.

Latest outbreak pushes cultural events online

2022-04-01 08:43

Faced with closure during the latest COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, art museums and other cultural institutions have been generating colorful digital content to engage audiences.

A man of letters

2022-04-01 08:36

When Zhao Duo walks on a street, the words he sees on signboards or shop windows are not simply a combination of letters but a glimpse into the fonts used. He only needs one glance to infer how the 26 letters of the English alphabet should look like based on a particular style.

'Underwater bookstore' entertains readers in Chengdu

2022-03-31 15:48

Located in Tianfu New District, the "underwater bookstore" has a glass curtain wall that extends into the water on one side of the bookstore, allowing readers to see water plants and fish in the lake.

Craftsman plans giant wood carving featuring canal

2022-03-31 15:10

A wood carving craftsman for nearly four decades, Zheng Chunhui's passion for the art continues to grow stronger.

List highlights nation's top archaeological finds

2022-03-31 14:45

Discoveries ranging from the exotic-looking gold and bronze masks from the Sanxingdui Ruins site in Sichuan province to the mausoleum of a famous emperor from over 2,000 years ago are among the brightest stars of China's archaeological finds last year.

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