An unprecedented joint exhibition on the works of two prominent Chinese artists of the 20th century — Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) and Qi Baishi (1864-1957) — is now on at the Long Museum in Shanghai.
On a sultry summer night in late July 2018, scriptwriter Qin Haiyan walked into her studio in eastern Beijing, which shares a floor with the company of renowned director Lu Yang. In the hours that followed, she was utterly captivated by a former Chinese diplomat's recollection of his years working in Arabic-speaking countries.
Yang Xiuyun, 72, is enthusiastic about running. A 10-kilometer run in the morning is as important to her as the first meal of the day.
Shanghai will broadcast a new documentary series titled Great Educator from October 15.
The first six books of a new biography series The Little Beacon have came out recently, telling the stories about the life of great scientists, writers, and artists in modern China.
This September, some Beijing authors and sinologists toured Yangmeizhu Street, to explore Beijing culture.
One of China's first female sea-rescue pilots looks back in pride at 300-plus missions and pledges to save more lives, Yang Feiyue reports.
Since it premiered in July, Go For Happiness, a reality show on Hunan province-based Mango TV, has seen unexpected success. The show has become popular, especially at a time when reality TV is trying to catch eyeballs by bringing in major celebrities, young pop idols, or heavily relying on big-budget productions.
From time to time, Lin Mao makes a point of checking a special folder that has been front and center on his computer's desktop for years.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, the Japanese branch of the Chinese Literature Readers' Club was launched at the end of September at the China Cultural Center in Tokyo.
An Egyptian girl plays music on oud, an ancient Arabic musical instrument, at the Arabic Oud House in a historical area of Cairo. The piece she is playing is the Chinese folk song Molihua (Jasmine Flower), which is usually played on pipa, a traditional Chinese instrument.
For seven decades since it sprouted in the heart of Wangfujing Commercial Street, Beijing Foreign Languages Bookstore has been a mainstay for readers to learn about the world. Now the spaces from the second to the fifth floors of the landmark bookstore have been turned into a showcase for works by contemporary artists to address its history and the changes overtime it has witnessed, and to echo the roles of reading and books in a digital era.