When Milos Zeman gave a speech at Renmin University of China in late 2014, the Czech president received a special gift: a Czech-language edition of The Four Books, a novel by Chinese writer Yan Lianke.
Wuwei, in northwest China's Gansu Province, was once a key customs pass and trading center of the ancient Silk Road. Today, under the Belt and Road Initiative, it’s being revitalized as an international inland port and transportation hub, connecting China to Central Asia and Europe -- boosting the economy in west China.
Making their pop-punk grow up without growing old to celebrate its 20th anniversary as a band, New Found Glory has released a new album, Makes Me Sick.
A new song about the Belt and Road Initiative written by Laotian musician Vilayphone Vongphachanh has gone viral throughout Asia.
Tongji University is eager to make its courses more relevant for the new generation.
The inaugural conference of the Music Education Alliance Across the Silk Road, initiated and organized by the Central Conservatory of Music, was held in Beijing over May 5-7.
Summer is the season for entrepreneurship, as millions of recent graduates hit the job market.
Dangal starring Aamir Khan has become the highest grossing Indian movie in China, making more than 100 million yuan ($145,000) in four days since released.
The development of China as a source market for international tourism over recent years is not so much an "evolution" but a "revolution", said a high-ranking member of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
A pair of rare Chinese famille rose vases from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) sold for 13 million pounds ($16.8 million) at Christie's auction house in London on Tuesday, making it one of the Top 10 most-expensive Chinese ceramics sold at auction.
China is planning to develop its cultural industry into a pillar of the national economy by 2020 by upgrading its industrial structure, fostering major brands and boosting consumption, according to a government blueprint made public Sunday.
Wang Jianxin knows the ancient Silk Road like the back of his hand. He has visited hundreds of sites along the routes in the past twenty years and believes he is almost ready to lay bare the secrets of the Greater Yuezhi, an ancient nomadic kingdom.