The opening ceremony of the 2016 East Asia City of Culture event was held in Jeju, South Korea on April 7. Delegations from Ningbo, Nara-ken and Jeju which were selected as East Asia’s three cities of culture attended the ceremony.
This spring, more than 400 artists from 25 countries will join 400 Chinese performers to stage more than 100 performances and two theme exhibitions in Beijing.
An upcoming TV series, titled Two Families, will offer a sense of nostalgia to Chinese audiences. Set in the 1970s and '80s, the 40-episode drama will begin airing on Beijing Satellite TV on April 11, with two episodes per night.
The year 2016 is the 400th anniversary of playwright William Shakespeare's death, and the anniversary is being commemorated in many ways -- from performances of all his plays to musical concerts to academic conferences.
China's "Youth Plus" Young Artists Promotion Project opened its first exhibition in the Chinese Cultural Center in Singapore on Thursday, bringing over 30 artworks from 11 young artists from China.
An exhibition displaying the art and history of Malta opened at the First Culture Center in Dongcheng district, Beijing on April 7.
The Budapest zoo is hosting a Chinese lantern festival, which opened on Thursday evening and will be repeated nightly from Friday onwards until May 22, in cooperation with the Budapest Festival and Tourism Center.
The 6th Beijing International Film Festival (BIFF) will be held at the capital from April 19 to 21. Creativity in the film market is the central theme year.
Dialects Clash, aired on Qilu channel of Shandong Network Radio-Television Station since last year, is different for it invites foreigners to undertake language challenges.
An increasing number of children in China face an elevated risk of developing diabetes, mainly because of unhealthy diets and a lack of physical exercise, experts warned on Thursday, which was World Health Day.
A ballet performer from Northeast China is winning fans in Britain, but the journey started by chance.
The country's film authority has reiterated its determination to crack down on cheating after some box office records came into question.