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Tourism provides new lease of life, improves local social welfare

2018-05-31 10:22

Southwest China's Sichuan province is expected to welcome more than 100 million visitors and generate a revenue of 50 billion yuan ($7.83 billion) in the "red tourism" sector this year, said Lyu Zhijun, deputy inspector of the Sichuan Tourism Development Committee.

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Documentary series looks at the lives of 6 Chinese authors

2018-05-31 09:27

Nobel Literature Prize winner Mo Yan says he is the kind of person who dislikes to be on camera, but the novelist has agreed to "star" in an upcoming documentary series.

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Web films cleaned up

2018-05-31 09:17

As part of recent review of its content quality, iQiyi - one of China's leading online media-streaming platforms - reported that it has removed more than 1,000 titles from its website.

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Chinese sci-fi enters pivotal new phase

2018-05-31 08:46

Sci-fi writer Liu Cixin has said on many occasions that he wanted to see his best-selling novel to date, The Three-Body Problem, portrayed on the big screen, or, preferably, as a TV drama adaptation.

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British composer assigned to bring music to Chinese creation myths

2018-05-31 08:30

Shanghai Light Music Orchestra has assigned world-famous British musician Simon Franglen to compose a suite of 18 songs about the creation myth of the Chinese nation.

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Latest film is purest Jia

2018-05-31 08:22

With complex characters and a small-town setting, Jia Zhangke's new gangland flick, Ash Is Purest White, is an epic nostalgic tale told over nearly two decades.

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TV drama remade with fewer songs to appeal to modern tastes

2018-05-31 07:42

One of the most broadcast TV dramas is The Legend of White Snake, a 50-episode series that debuted in 1992. But the tale, based on a book from the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), is now being remade and stars Yu Menglong and Ju Jingyi.

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Young Chinese writer to launch historical fiction in New York BookExpo

2018-05-31 05:07

Young Chinese American writer Rebecca F. Kuang is to sign her new book "The Poppy War" on Saturday at the BookExpo at Javits Center, New York City.

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What can Chinese wolfberry do for you?

2018-05-30 14:12

As China's largest home to gouqi, or wolfberry, Ningxia Hui autonomous region has many stories about the tiny red fruits.

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The Chinese and Hollywood films fighting it out in June

2018-05-30 11:08

The Chinese movie theaters will see a total of 37 films this June. But the potential box office winners will be only a few – and a fight between domestic releases and Hollywood franchises.

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More than just a platform for debate, speeches

2018-05-30 09:10

At this year's BIMUN, a delegate whose name plate reads "Associated Press" sat at the back of the UNESCO conference, taking notes on anything of substance achieved in the sessions.

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Reading out aloud

2018-05-30 08:47

Some 150 million domestic elementary and middle school students and more than 9 million of their teachers are now going to have their Chinese texts read by well-known broadcasters as demonstrations for reading aloud.

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