Experts say that pleasant toilets don't just mean better living standards for the population - it is also a boon for tourism.
Flush with cash and conscious of their wellbeing, Chinese are turning their vacations into trips of healing.
Science fiction is not just an art form or a genre of literature. It's a business, too. Chinese companies and localities are making big investments because they believe there is a huge and growing demand for stories that spark the imagination.
As recently as 2012, science fiction was a small market in China. The market was so poor that writers Liu Cixin and Han Song decided to donate 10,000 yuan ($1,516; 1,285 euros; ￡1,130) each of their own money just to allow the Chinese Nebula Awards to hold its annual prize presentation.
An exhibition of Wang Hongjun's abstract paintings opened Jan 17 at the museum of the Russian Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg. It was the first time that an exhibition of Chinese abstract art was held at this museum since its establishment 260 years ago.
The number of inbound tourist arrivals increased to 11.88 billion in 2017, compared with 11.12 billion in 2016, the 2018 Report on World Tourism Economy Trends says.
A news conference for the 2018 Happy Chinese New Year in Valletta was held Jan 12 in the China Cultural Center in Malta, kicking off this year’s celebrations for the Chinese Lunar New Year in the country.
On the evening of Jan 5, Shenzhen art troupe held its first show in the open-air theater of Pudahuel, a small town in Chile's capital Santiago, launching the celebrations of Chinese Lunar New Year under the theme of "Happy Chinese New Year" in the country.
Award-winning Chinese filmmaker Zhang Jiarui will direct two multimedia shows that combine elements of singing, dancing, painting and film, the director announced in Beijing recently.
The city in Jiangsu province is hosting the 2018 Metal Battle, which kicked off on Jan 15 and will conclude during the Midi Music Festival at the Suzhou Taihu Midi Camp, about 80 kilometers from Shanghai, in April.
The winners of the 3rd International Micro Film Competition, a part of the annual Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, will be announced in Haikou city, Hainan province, over March 28-29, the organizers said at a news conference on Tuesday.
Paper was at the heart of artistic creation for long, but its predominance has been challenged by other media in recent times.
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