China's live performance industry has generated a total of 860 million yuan (about $132.5 million) at the box office during the five-day May Day holiday, the China Association of Performing Arts said.
The scene where wealthy socialite Rose clings to a floating door after her beloved Jack dies in the freezing waters of the Atlantic is one of the most memorable scenes in the 1997 blockbuster Titanic. But what was previously unknown is that this scene was inspired by the true-life story of one of the six Chinese who survived the 1912 disaster.
China's box office revenue during the five-day May Day holiday ending on Wednesday hit a record high of nearly 1.67 billion yuan (about $258 million).
Battle of Shanghai, a theatrical production produced and performed by the Shanghai Circus School and Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe, will be staged at the Tianqiao Performing Arts Center in Beijing on May 8 and 9.
But in the Tencent News documentary series Insights, an amateur "journalist" manages to get eight entrepreneurs from a wide range of fields to open up, with each featured in one episode.
With a thought-provoking theme delving into China's education problems, the 44-episode TV series Hand in Hand recently drew dozens of experts and insiders to hold a seminar to discuss its successful formula in Beijing.
An acclaimed Chinese reality show on UNESCO World Heritage Sites in China will premiere its second season later this year, as announced by its production team on April 29.
To mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, a new musical Xin Hua Bao Tong, or Newspaper Boy, made its debut on April 30 at the Tianqiao Performing Arts Center in Beijing.
Zuo Peng, who lives in Langfang, Hebei province, drives to Beijing to work, spending about 30 minutes on the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, commonly called the G2, every workday.
Zhou Yunlong, a native of Xijingyu village, in the Jizhou district of Tianjin, is delighted to see that his first-year business revenue from the homestay he runs in his village reached 200,000 yuan ($30,500) amid the pandemic last year.
In the information service center at the Jinlan logistics base in Linyi, Shandong province, information on logistics orders and cargo vehicles running in and out of the city, such as vehicles' arrival and departure times, is updated in real time on a big screen.
Home Sweet Home, which will be released across China in multiple formats, including the IMAX format on May 1.
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