During the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 a fire set off in the uprising in the Hanlin Library in Beijing destroyed copies of one of its most prized treasures: the Yongle Dadian, the world's largest paper encyclopedia, from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
Flowerbeds built in Beijing to celebrate 70th anniversary of founding of PRC
Domestic historical film "Mao Zedong 1949" led the Chinese mainland box office on Friday, the China Movie Data Information Network said Saturday.
On Jan 1, 2017, Taiwan band, Sodagreen, announced a three-year break, leaving fans shocked and sad.
After a very long wait, Jay Chou launched his latest single, entitled Won't Cry, and a surprise video of the single at 11 pm on Sept 16.
Norwegian DJ and record producer Alan Walker and Hong Kong singer-actor Nicholas Tse are working on a new collaboration, which will fuse elements of electronic music with Tse's rock background, and will be released later this year.
A woman invests a lot of energy and effort into producing a new baby. Her body literally feeds on itself to make sure her child grows healthily in the womb. And then there is the tremendous feat of giving birth.
It's a letter that slumbered in the desert for 1,000 years undelivered and unanswered, having been lost in transit somehow as it was on its way to a place far off in the West.
An exhibition at the National Library of China in Beijing illustrates how books published between the 15th and 19th centuries allowed China and the West to gain insights into one another.
Applause, followed by exclamations of "We are all climbers!" exploded at the end of a sneak preview of "The Climbers" in Shanghai on Friday night, which was followed with the film's global launch ceremony when crew members of the highly expected Chinese blockbuster showed on stage for a face-to-face
Seal engravings and calligraphy took center stage at an exhibition that opened on Wednesday in London, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
The development of Peking opera epitomizes the evolution of traditional Chinese art forms.