The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Minor Heat, (Chinese: 小暑), the 11th solar term of the year, begins on July 7 this year and ends on July 22.
The 2015 Visiting Program for Young Sinologists kicked off with an official opening ceremony at Traders Hotel Beijing on Monday.
Chinese anchor Dong Qing is set for a return to the small screen after a spell studying at the University of Southern California.
With tea tasting ceremonies, suspend the Western palate's craving for a familiar chai experience.
Bloody Destiny, a movie on a professional boxer's attempts to flee gangsters, was released on the mainland on June 26.
The Palace Museum will limit the daily number of visitors to improve their experience during the upcoming summer holiday peak season.
Chinese singer-songwriter Zhang Mi released a new song, Blue Dream, in Beijing recently. Chinese pop group NZBZ is heard rapping in her song.
Shanghai University marked the creation of its new film academy and the appointment of Chinese director Chen Kaige, Palme d'Or winner of the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, as its dean in a ceremony on July 5.
The Beijing municipal authorities have issued guidelines on the renovation of traditional buildings and structures in the countryside.
China urged Japan to face up to its history and take measures to uphold dignity of forced labor victims after UNESCO's World Heritage Committee decided to inscribe Japan's controversial "Meiji Industrial Revolution Sites" into the World Heritage List.
China's health authority and All-China Journalists Association (ACJA) jointly kicked off a public campaign advising citizens to consume a quarter kilogram of fruits and half a kilo vegetables everyday.
Plagiarism, unauthorized broadcasting, among other copyright theft cases, frequently take place in China's film and TV industry, the Copyright Society of China said on Sunday citing a recent seminar.