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Chinese TV show gets ready for US market
2013-09-23 14:58
The Legend of Zhen Huan, a Chinese TV drama which depicts the power struggle between the concubines of an emperor, has already been a success in Asian countries. Now, it’s about to land in the US, a positive sign that Chinese TV is increasingly ready to move into the international arena.

Gems galore
2013-09-23 11:17
Visitors can see the glitz and glamor of the royalties in the East and West in an exhibition jointly organized by Cartier Collection and Liaoning Provincial Museum. Gan Tian takes a closer look at the exhibits.

Handwriting: Written renaissance
2013-09-23 09:19
Chinese people used to say that seeing a person's handwriting was like seeing the actual person, that a personality could come through on paper.

Hou Shanhu's dynamic origin exhibion in Beijing 
2013-09-22 16:20
The Hou Shanhu Art Exhibition "Dynamic Origin" is currently underway at the 798 art zone and will run through October 6, 2013.

Dinosaur fossil discovered in Shandong
2013-09-22 15:49
The village of Jingangkou, 10 km southeast of Laiyang, Shandong province, is the first dinosaur fossil site discovered by Chinese scientists in China since early 1920s.

72 hours in Sanya
2013-09-22 13:28
Azure skies, white sand, local dances, bikini-clad beauties and colorful shirts with tropical prints ... these are key elements of any typical tropical holiday.

China Pingyao Int'l Photography Festival kicks off
2013-09-22 14:23
The 13th China Pingyao International Photography Festival, with the theme of "Life in Photography", will held here from Sept. 19 to 25, showing some 12,000 photos by 1,600 photographers around the globe.

Top 10 Mid-Autumn Festival foods in China
2013-09-18 13:20
The Mid-Autumn Festival, the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, falls on September 19 this year (according to the Gregorian calendar). At the evening of the celebrations, which traditional foods are a must for families to enjoy in the bright moonlight?

Filigree Inlaid Metal Art
2013-09-18 11:13
Filigree inlaid metal art is one of the eight traditional arts and crafts of Beijing. Use of the filigree-inlay process began during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC), and the process flourished during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

Tokyo War Crime Trial book published in China
2013-09-17 10:42
A book detailing the Tokyo War Crime Trials was published for the first time on the Chinese mainland on Sept 2, marking the 68th anniversary of China's victory on the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45).

Dabaiyi wedding ceremony in China's Yunnan
2013-09-16 18:47
Baiyi people are a branch of Yi ethnic group living in southwest China's Yunnan province. Dabaiyi people have their unique wedding customs.

Mottled bamboo valued by refined Chinese
2013-09-16 18:36
In China, bamboo is considered a symbol of strength, integrity and personal virtue. But the most rare and expensive bamboo is mottled bamboo.
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