When Jackson Wang made a majestic stride across a hotel lobby in Kenya's capital Nairobi recently, local patrons cast adoring glances at the elegantly dressed Chinese artist whose ability to mimic the late American singer, Michael Jackson, is beyond comprehension.
Popular TV series and movies sometimes unconsciously boost tourism in the location where they were filmed.
Film and TV productions are luring Chinese tourists to countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative.
Dongeejiao, which makes donkey-hide gelatin, was once a household name. But due to various problems, including fewer animals, it fell on hard times. In recent years the time-honored brand is making a comeback.
Traditional art injected with fresh vitality by troupe members at Anhui Science and Technology University.
Tang Junqiao, who is to perform in Beijing with her students later this month, is creating global interest for a traditional Chinese wind instrument with her talent.
Ottawa's Beijing Week, part of 2017 Ottawa Welcomes the World, kicked off at Lansdowne Park here on Wednesday, with performances of acrobatics, folk music, and traditional Chinese operas.
A new world auction record for Chinese Ceramics was set when a rare Ru guanyao brush washer from the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) sold for 294.3 million HK dollars ($37.7 mln) after a 20 minute bidding battle at Sotheby's in Hong Kong here Tuesday.
Stuff you should know about Mid-Autumn Festival
Old-fashioned film projectors are very rare these days, but they have a special place for Wang Yijun, 67, of Qingdao, who still spends a lot of time with them.
Mention traditional Chinese painting and many people will think of the ink-wash type, which mainly uses ink and water to depict objects of different shades, from black to gray and white.
About 40 years ago, Warren Mok watched his first opera - Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's masterpiece, La Boheme - while he was studying financial accounting at the University of Hawaii.
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