Beijing is looking to tap into the lucrative "set-jetting" trend that has been gaining traction around the world in recent years. Driven by the global success of big-budget blockbuster productions such as Game of Thrones and The White Lotus, tourists are flocking to take holidays at the real-life locations where their favorite TV shows and films are set.
Since 1990, actor Sun Weimin has portrayed Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), the first premier of the People's Republic of China, in more than 70 films, television series, and stage productions.
Applications are now open for the 2026 Wuzhen Arts Studio, marking the launch of a new cross-year training initiative under the theme "Wuzhen Arts Studio: Thomas Richards / Theatre No Theatre — Actor's Craft and Creation Project".
In mid-16th-century China, a man named Wu Cheng'en wrote Journey to the West, a mythological fantasy inspired by the historical Buddhist monk Xuanzang, who lived in seventh-century China and journeyed to India in search of authentic Buddhist scriptures.
Instead of flogging a dead horse, underappreciated aesthetes of yore chose to paint living ones instead, Zhao Xu reports.
When fashion detaches from the runway and commercial systems, what else can it point to?
China's leading online entertainment platform iQIYI has opened its first offline theme park, iQIYI LAND, in Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province.
In his paintings, Li Jinpeng blends the detached mood of classical Chinese mountain-and-water paintings with Western abstraction and conceptual art to create surreal scenes that reflect the tensions of modern life.
On Sunday, the China Media Group wrapped up the fourth rehearsal of its highly anticipated 2026 Spring Festival Gala.
Grammy-nominated American artist falls in love with the nation during The Singer appearance.
The 2025 Xinjiang archaeological work report meeting is held in Beijing from Sunday to Monday, gathering scholars to discuss the latest archaeological progress in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region last year.
Following its summer tour in 2023, the hit dance drama The Eternal Wave returned to Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, with the Shanghai Dance Theatre presenting four performances from Jan 30 to Feb 1.