Beijing-based British entrepreneur, Sarah Keenlyside, has tailored thousands of trips for celebrities, senior business managers and other international visitors to China.
At a forum during the recent Shanghai International Film Festival, Jiang Wen, the director of Hidden Man, introduced Zhang Qi, his film editor, saying: "All my recent films' trailers are done by Zhang.
The organizers behind the first graded tests for amateur pianists in Shanghai say they were searching for the people who took the test in 1988, the first year it was held in China.
While learning to play the piano remains as popular as ever among Chinese children, the reasons for doing so are continually evolving, Zhou Wenting reports in Shanghai.
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) unveiled the lineup for the 2018 masters programme on Tuesday, consisting of 11 daring new films, which reflect on history, focus on personal introspection and critically look at society.
The fifth China Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo will be held in Jinan, capital of Shandong province, from Sept 13 to 17, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
China is home to a variety of handicrafts on as many mediums as one can imagine. And although some of them have died out, many remain alive thanks to innovations initiated by of artisans.
Jilin-born ink painter Liu Guang, 49, has produced almost works in almost all genres of classic Chinese painting. His birds and flowers, painted in the meticulous gongbi style on a circular piece of paper, recreate the grace of Song Dynasty (960-1279) art. And his landscapes and figure paintings convey a feeling of remoteness, and conform to the strict rules of painting. Liu’s paintings are now shown at a solo exhibition, titled The Sound of Mountains and Waters, at the Poly Art Museum in Beijing through Wednesday. The exhibition then will move to Shandong province, Hong Kong and Xiamen in Fujian province.
Chinese teenagers and young children these days take up a lot of extracurricular courses, both after school and on the weekend. And fine art training is one of the most favored among the non-academic programs.
The Experience China: 2018 China Cultural Center Students Award Tour was launched in Beijing on Monday. The event selects 48 excellent students from 18 China Cultural Centers in 18 cities from all over the world, including Paris, Bangkok and Madrid, to experience a tour of Beijing and other cities in China which will last until Aug 27.
The 2018 Sino-Foreign Literature Translation & Publishing Workshop opened at the National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature in Beijing this Monday.
Zhu Zhiwen appeared clean cut when he first set out to ultimately cycle 54,000 kilometers through 34 countries on three continents years ago.