Recently, the Chinese Embassy to Nigeria held an essay writing competition on two topics: “My Dream of Harmony” and “My Nigeria-China Symphony”. 18 Nigerian participants were named as the final winners and shared various awards in this competition.
The new Chinese musical Sidereus, which tells the story of the friendship between astronomers Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), premiered in Shanghai on Aug 13.
The Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition, which supports young musicians, is set to conclude its third edition with a series of online concerts, featuring six finalists, from Friday to Sunday.
Music is the strongest form of magic, they say, and it was indeed when an ensemble of young singers from humble homes took center stage at the iconic China National Opera House to belt out a tribute to everyday heroes.
Zhang Juanjuan, a girl of Miao ethnic group, decided to return home to take over her parents business related to batik products making after graduation.
Table for Six, a romantic comedy starring Hong Kong's top stand-up comedian Dayo Wong, recently had its Chinese mainland premiere during the 12th Beijing International Film Festival.
More than 20 movies, around 10 percent, of the newly released 211 features this year are romance movies, said an industry insider at the third Lushan International Love Film Week.
The traditional Chinese solar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. End of Heat, (Chinese: 处暑), the 14th solar term of the year, begins this year on Aug 23 and ends on Sep 7.
The Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) scholar Wu Cheng compiled The Seventy-two Micro Seasons of the Moon Order, in which he succinctly and clearly defined the laws of the 24 solar terms and their seasonal characteristics, with each term divided into three micro seasons. The arrival of chushu, or End of Heat, signals that the sultry and scorching heat will gradually dissipate, and the weather will become cooler by the day.
Should China take more of an initiative in creating its own voice in the international arena? How can we get our messages through? Why does China need to directly reach out to Western audiences? In this interview, China Daily talks with David Ferguson, honorary chief English editor of Foreign Languages Press CICG, recipient of the Chinese Government Friendship Award and the Special Book Award of China.
China International Culture Association, a key sponsor of "Happy Chinese New Year", the global celebration of Chinese lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is calling for rabbit-themed mascot design submissions for the Year of the Rabbit, which starts on Jan 22, 2023, according to the traditional Chinese calendar.
Scientists have identified more than 660 new pulsars via China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope. The achievement was made via FAST, dubbed "China's sky eye", after it was officially declared fully operational in January 2020.