When it comes to elderly people, the stereotype is that they should live a peaceful existence after retirement, lingering in parks, doing exercise, walking their dogs and taking care of their grandchildren. The range of their activities should not be very far from home.
During the Beijing Winter Olympics last year, Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu held a news conference a few days after missing the podium for the men's singles free skate competition, taking fourth place.
Domestic theme park player Overseas Chinese Town celebrated National Tourism Day on May 19 at Gankeng ancient town, Shenzhen, Guangdong province.
The original Chinese musical, Love Song, will premiere at Tianqiao Performing Arts in Beijing with five shows from June 9 to 11.
The fifth 5.23 Art Festival will be held by the Central Conservatory of Music from May 23 to June 6 in Yan'an, Shaanxi province; Weihai, Shandong province; and Beijing.
Deeply rooted in Chinese culture for centuries, a household proverb says "food is people's livelihood". Fast forward to modern-day Beijing, the 2023 Food Festival, a nationwide event running until December, kicked off on Wednesday.
The Shanghai Culture Square theater will present three plays in Hebrew during its first Israel Theatre Showcase, which will take place from July to November.
The Long Season — the highest-rated Chinese drama within five years on the popular review aggregator Douban — has natives from Northeast China as a majority of its cast and crew members, who have a deep love of the land that is set as the story's backdrop, revealed actor Qin Hao during a symposium held in Beijing on Wednesday.
The theme for this year's International Museum Day, which falls on May 18 annually, is "museums, sustainability and well-being".
Two days after its release in China, Fast X — the latest outing of the 22-year-old Fast and the Furious franchise — has revved into the lead of the box office, exceeding Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as the new single-day champion in the country.
When Wuzhi Mountain, the highest mountain in South China's Hainan province, is mentioned, many people's first thought will be of the classic novel Journey to the West and its protagonist Sun Wukong, the Monkey King.