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Album turns bottled emotions into pointed dialogue

2025-08-19 08:02

For more than a decade, singer-songwriter A Si has been known for her songs with sharp-eyed humor and light-hearted lyrics telling stories about everyday life.

Cinema reframes wartime memory

2025-08-19 08:02

In January 1938, just weeks after Japanese troops had taken Nanjing (in Jiangsu province), 15-year-old Luo Jin, an apprentice at a local photo studio, was handed two rolls of film by a Japanese officer to develop. What emerged shocked him — stark, irrefutable images of soldiers massacring unarmed civilians and assaulting women.

Museum visits turn Japanese youth into advocate for truth

2025-08-19 08:01

NAGOYA, Japan — In 2023, at the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Jiangsu province, a 27-year-old Japanese, Hayato Kato, knelt before a sculpture inscribed with the word "peace", bowing his head in mourning for the 300,000 Chinese civilians slaughtered by Japanese invaders.

Defending the Wall, honoring the heroes

2025-08-19 08:00

In a poignant twist, the Great Wall of China, the most famous ancient masterpiece of military fortification, witnessed another chapter of raw courage in 1933 — one written not in stone, but in blood, steel and unbreakable will.

A man of art and nature

2025-08-18 08:28

In June 1933, writer Ba Jin (1904-2005) was boating on a river that runs across Tianma village in the Xinhui district of Jiangmen, Guangdong province.

Photographer showcases works inspired by China's 'cyberpunk city'

2025-08-18 08:27

Italian visual artist Elena Givone hails Chongqing, a metropolis in Southwest China, as the source of inspiration for her solo exhibition held in the vibrant city.

Along the road of the brave

2025-08-18 08:26

Nearly 30 years after his first visit to the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution as a student in 1996, actor Wang Renjun returned last month just ahead of the 98th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army on Aug 1.

Strings of violin drown out memories of gunfire in rural China

2025-08-18 08:25

Braving a sweltering summer afternoon in Central China, 12-year-old Chen Yulin steadied her violin beneath her chin.

A force to be reckoned with

2025-08-15 08:25

At first glance, the white marble stele at the New Fourth Army Memorial Hall in Yancheng, East China's Jiangsu province, seems unremarkable.

Drama pushes Chinese sci-fi frontiers

2025-08-15 08:22

When Dong Xiangbo was in primary school, his father once caught him skipping homework to watch Dinosaur Corps Koseidon, a popular Japanese sci-fi series. The punishment was swift: a spanking that left the boy in tears. Yet, even as his father scolded him, Dong kept sneaking glances at the TV, where a superhero battled aliens.

No such thing as free dinner? Plenty to chew on

2025-08-15 08:21

Work ended early one Friday evening. I was wondering where to go when an Eritrean friend texted me to ask if I would care to visit a restaurant in Sanlitun where I could sample food from northern, southern, western and eastern Africa.

A teahouse steeped with historic vibrancy

2025-08-15 08:20

Huxinting Teahouse, in Shanghai's famed Yu Garden complex, underwent nearly two years of restorations. The city's oldest teahouse reopened its doors to the public last month, breathing new life into the 240-year-old landmark.

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