XI'AN-Li Bin, an avid visitor of museums from the northwestern Chinese city of Xi'an, has never had a better view of the upholstery of a chair in Beijing's Palace Museum.
ANTWERP, Belgium-The premiere of renowned Chinese musician Tan Dun's new composition, Sound Pagoda-The 12 Sounds of Wuhan, was performed by the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra in the city's Queen Elizabeth Hall on Feb 15.
Inevitably, the novel coronavirus outbreak has had a massive impact on China's performing arts market.
Youku, the video-streaming platform affiliated to China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba, has recently signed a deal to expand its licensed BBC content to 430 hours, seeking to top all Chinese online platforms in terms of British shows.
Cast members of film "Minamata" attend a photocall during the 70th Berlin International Film Festival in Berlin, capital of Germany, Feb. 21, 2020.
The combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine in treating COVID-19 is proved effective, said Yu Yanhong, an official with the National Health Commission, at a video press conference Thursday.
The new coronavirus has shone a harsh spotlight on the trade in wildlife, an industry some conservation activists reckon needs to be killed rather than tamed.
According to China Tourism Academy, due to the impact of the pneumonia, it’s estimated that in the first quarter of 2020 and throughout 2020, the domestic visits will decrease by 56 and 15.5 percent respectively, and the tourism income of 2020 will drop 1,180 billion yuan ($167.72 billion).
The ongoing coronavirus pneumonia outbreak will cause great economic loss to the nation's tourism industry although senior experts of the sector remain positive to its future prospect.
On Feb 13, Nakhon Sawan, a city in Thailand, donated 200,000 baht ($6379.59) to areas hit by the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak in China through the China Cultural Center in Bangkok.
Zhangjiajie in Central China's Hunan province has issued an action plan for tourism recovery on Feb 18, devising 30 measures to boost confidence in the tourism industry and promote the market's recovery.
The public has placed a renewed focus on wildlife protection after the novel coronavirus outbreak.