"Vir bonus dicendi peritus", in Latin, means "a good man skilled in speaking". For Roman educator and rhetorician Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, better known as Quintilian (35-100), the phrase captured his ideal orator: someone whose mastery of language was inseparable from moral character.
A museum in Kunming brings Dian Opera closer to a new generation by turning traditional performances into immersive experiences
Engagement with China fosters a deeper understanding of the country and encourages more people from abroad to visit China, meet its people and experience its culture, said experts in education, art and music on Thursday.
Surrounded by rolling karst peaks, Haokun Lake in Guangxi nestles among the mountains, its clear blue waters set like a gem amid the rocky peaks.
What does it mean to live a good life? For Guo Hong, a philosopher and author, it starts with refusing to chase an ideal that may not exist.
For Xie Meng'en, a doctoral student in Chinese language and literature at Peking University, seeing an ancient book on a screen is no substitute for encountering the original.
Blue Note Records China, the newly established jazz label under Universal Music Greater China, is set to release its debut album, Now's the Time: An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Jazz (Vol. 1), on Oct 23, with a physical edition to follow.
Mandarin Oriental Qianmen, Beijing has achieved a ranking of No 7 on The 50 Best Hotels 2026 list.