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Curtain rises on TV and film fests
2013-06-13 17:19
The curtain rises next week on the best foreign and domestic film and TV productions in the city's 19th Television Festival and the 16th International Film Festival.

Paintings about the Dragon Boat Festival
2013-06-08 14:58
Every May or June, the fragrance of reed leaves fills the air. The Dragon Boat Festival, or Duanwu Festival, falls on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar.

Thinking outside the cup: cooking with tea
2013-06-09 15:22
Tea, one of the world’s most ancient and beloved beverages, is an integral part of China’s culture, history, and daily life. But the flavorful and healthy tealeaf isn’t limited to drinking — you can eat it, too.

Heritage through lenses-The Temple of Heaven
2013-06-09 09:55

Sichuan opera: one of oldest forms of Chinese opera
2013-06-06 11:27

A taste of Sichuan opera
2013-06-04 10:28
Actresses performs at the Chen's Garden Sichuan Opera Troupe in suburban Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 1, 2013.

Shoukou fort: Xinghua village by the Great Wall
2013-06-03 18:58
Shoukou fort, located in Yanggao county, north China’s Shanxi province, was the Guankou fort of the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty. Every year in mid-to-late April, peach blossoms will turn the Shoukou fort to a fragrant world.

Eye of the beholder
2013-06-04 16:45
Ideals of beauty have changed dramatically throughout Chinese history from thin and fragile to plump and healthy, with today's desire to look Western fueling a growing culture of plastic surgery

In memory of the Khan
2013-05-14 14:17
Genghis Khan was the greatest Mongolian in the memory of his people. But there is one clan of Mongolians that has made preserving his memory its special duty. Wang Kaihao reports from Ordos, Inner Mongolia.

Famous duet performs Kreisler's "Liebesleid"(video)
2013-05-14 09:45
Violinist Lidia Baich and pianist Matthias Fletzberger performed at the Austrian embassy in Beijing on May 6.

Mao photograph sells for $55,300 at Beijing auction
2013-05-13 16:45
A photo of Mao Zedong relaxing in a wicker chair against a scenic backdrop of Lushan Mountain has fetched 340,000 yuan ($55,300) at auction, 10 times the pre-sale estimate.

Museum restores quake-damaged relic
2013-05-09 09:48
Forty kilometers outside of Chengdu, a city in Sichuan province, archaeologists discovered a lost civilization that could change our current historical records.
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·Chinese avant-garde artist hold solo exhibition in NYC

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·Auction with a Chinese heart

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