A program that combines a concert production by the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra with digital visual art will be launched at the Shanghai Concert Hall in October. It will consist of a daily package of day-time tours of the venue and evening presentations of Chinese music and outdoor digital art shows.
Zhang Yuan, a community of hundreds of shikumen (a style featuring Western and Chinese elements) houses in downtown Shanghai's Jing'an district, was recently reopened to the public after its last residents were relocated late last year.
Meticulously trimmed flowers and green plants can be seen in the seven-story residential buildings of Xingjiaqiao community, which is nestled amid new high-rise blocks and industrial edifices, and the surrounding streets are tidy and clean.
Some have a hunger for adventure. Others have a taste for travel. Many like to put all their eggs into one basket. A select few have all of the above. DeAille Tam and her fiance Simon Wong are in this group. When time permits, they love nothing more than packing quickly and hitting the road. But they are not regular tourists. No sites for them, no selfies in front of buildings. Their destination is food-eating in restaurants and searching for new ingredients.
A new biography about Britain's former prime minister Winston Churchill, Churchill: Walking with Destiny, was recently published in China by Beijing-based CITIC Press Group, and has achieved 9.1 points out of 10 on China's popular review site Douban.
On July 29, the "China-New Zealand Friendship Envoy-In Commemoration of Kathleen Hall's 125th Birthday" was held, co-organized by the Beijing People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the New Zealand-China Friendship Society and the Chinese Bethune Spiritual Research Association.
Bagging a string of top slots on TV series rating lists, the espionage series The Rebel has become one of the most popular dramas this year, according to the Chinese Television Arts Council.
The tourism commodity and creative culture products competition Beijing Gifts was launched on July 29.
Warmth of Homeland, Chen's one-man show at the National Art Museum of China running through Aug 8, shows dozens of countryside scenes on canvas.
More than 1,200 photos and videos are on show at Xibei, a photography exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan, in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, which shows the changes in the imagery of Northwest China since the late 19th century. The bulk of the images on show are for public viewing for the first time.
At the Seventh Chinese Children's Book Expo on Wednesday, a picture book series about science and technology and humanity's exploration of outer space, Qu Taikong (Heading for Space), took off in a launch ceremony.
The Chinese edition of Cuban author Guillermo Cabrera Infante's 1967 novel Tres Tristes Tigres (Three Trapped Tigers) came out earlier this month.
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