Young directors have become the "major force" to boost the prosperity and creativity of China's film industry, an insider said at a recent event organized by the China Film Association in Beijing.
As the latest cinematic work to explore the lives and passions of people at Tsinghua University, the documentary The Great Learning has recently receivedwidespread acclaim, exemplified by its earning 8.0 points out of ten on the popular review site Douban.
Returning to his comfort zone, director Zhang Yibai has joined fellow filmmaker Han Yan to co-helm the coming of age feature The Day We Lit Up The Sky.
Erik Nilsson, an American journalist who works at China Daily and a recipient of the Chinese Government Friendship Award, held a talk to promote his new book in Shanghai on July 16 .
The Take the New Standard exhibition, at the He Xiangning Art Museum through Oct 10, reflects the rise and fall of fine arts in Yangzhou, a prosperous town in Jiangsu province, for over three centuries since the beginning of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
Dancing with Xinjiang, an ongoing exhibition at the M Woods 798 through Aug 29, juxtaposes the museum's collection of artifacts found in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and works or fresco reproductions by contemporary artists.
At the 55th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, the Montreux Jazz Artists Foundation teamed up with the New Yorkbased Lang Lang International Music Foundation to shine a light on the need to build bridges using the universal language of music.
In the 1930s and '40s, a new woodcut movement initiated by noted literary figure Lu Xun thrived in China. Woodcut prints were viewed as a medium to depict the plight of the masses and popularize the idea of a revolution.
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With 14 teams of about 200 members, a TV feature program has traveled across more than 10 provinces to trace the spiritual legacy of the Communist Party of China, the producers revealed at a recent symposium in Beijing.
An exhibition now at the China National Academy of Painting until July 27 teams up noted painters of the flower-and-bird genre.
A performance combining music and reciting poems and letters written by revolutionary martyrs was featured at the Beijing Comedy Theater on July 17.