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'Last Jedi' eclipsed by hit local comedy at China box office

2018-01-11 07:43

Within the space of two weeks, "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" swept the world to overtake fellow Disney blockbuster "Beauty and the Beast" to top the North American box office for 2017.

Cultural ministers of China, Vietnam meet in Beijing

2018-01-10 13:39

China’s Cultural Minister Luo Shuguang had a meeting Jan 7 in Beijing with Nguyen Ngoc Thien, minister of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Ministry of Vietnam.

Culture City of East Asia 2018 kicks off in Harbin

2018-01-10 10:05

The 34th China Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival & Culture City of East Asia 2018 opened Jan 5 in Harbin, East China’s Heilongjiang province, a major event initiated and organized by the Ministry of Culture of China and Heilongjiang Province People’s Government.

China, Morocco to set up joint research unit

2018-01-10 08:18

The Ministry of Education recently approved a China-Morocco joint institute to be built by Northwest China's Ningxia University and Morocco's University of Hassan I.

'Art changes life' for children

2018-01-10 08:15

The National Center for the Performing Arts leads the push to seed young talent.

Revolution in the making

2018-01-10 08:02

The study of artificial intelligence, or AI, is at a tipping point, according to a computer scientist.

Dance, dance, evolution is gamers' code for fun

2018-01-10 07:53

It was Christmas Eve revelry, indeed. The dancing kind. A new kind of dancing in a Beijing arcade on Dec 24, to be precise. Likely, few participants know there's a reindeer called Dancer meant to take his annual flight that night every year.

Fighting spirit

2018-01-10 07:39

Peking University has continued to require tai chi classes since the 1970s. Rewards remain obvious today.

90 calligraphic works from Chinese masters on display in Beijing

2018-01-09 14:18

An exhibition featuring calligraphy from the China National Art Museum was unveiled recently at the museum. It will run until Jan 21.

Chinese artist uses roller skates to create traditional Chinese paintings

2018-01-09 11:09

A Chinese artist who uses roller skates to create traditional Chinese landscape paintings says she wants to reinvigorate traditional Chinese art for the next generation.

Chinese archeologists restore 2,500-year-old 'dragon bed'

2018-01-09 10:47

After 17 years of effort, archeologists in Southwest China's Sichuan province said Monday they have restored a "dragon bed" believed to be used by an ancient king 2,500 years ago.

Oldest buddhist stele discovered in Xizang

2018-01-09 10:37

Archeologists in Xizang autonomous region believe the ninth century Purang stele to be the oldest in the region.

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