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Decoding 3,000-year-old inscriptions on bones

2018-01-09 08:31

ZHENGZHOU - Earn $15,000 per character! China is offering financial rewards for help deciphering the characters on 3,000-year-old oracle bones. Since the National Museum of Chinese Writing in Anyang in Central China's Henan province announced the reward in November 2016, many people have tried their luck.

'Soaring Wings' makes US debut

2018-01-09 08:23

NEW YORK - Chinese dance drama Soaring Wings: Journey of the Crested Ibis recently premiered at the David H. Koch Theater in New York City's Lincoln Center.

Rapper PG One's songs taken offline

2018-01-09 07:56

All of a popular rapper's songs have been removed from such music-streaming platforms as QQ Music and Xiami.

Melting pot of cultures

2018-01-09 07:44

An ongoing exhibition at the Shanghai Museum focuses on a key moment in the development of the Silk Road.

Fine harvest for farmers of fiction

2018-01-05 08:19

An unprecedented year for burgeoning literary talent has yielded a profitable harvest for publishers. Mei Jia reports.

Sci-fi saga published in more than 10 languages

2018-01-05 08:08

SHANGHAI-The Three Body trilogy, a popular Chinese science-fiction novel trilogy by Liu Cixin, has been published in more than 10 languages, according to a Chinese publishing company.

Award-winning fantasy drama stars in new set of stamps

2018-01-05 08:06

LONDON-Characters from the award-winning hit fantasy TV series, Game of Thrones, will appear on a new series of stamps, Britain's Royal Mail announced on Wednesday. The collection of 15 stamps will feature British contributions to the US show based on the books by George R. R. Martin.

Chinese symphony orchestra holds New Year concert in Kathmandu

2018-01-04 14:11

Special musical performances were held in Kathmandu, Nepal, from Dec 24-25 to celebrate the New Year and to enhance cultural exchanges between China and Nepal.

Chinese tech giant aims to digitize World Heritage site along Silk Road

2018-01-04 09:05

The tech giant Tencent is dipping its toes into the rich pool of Chinese culture in its latest project to digitize the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage site along the ancient Silk Road.

Director finds his touch

2018-01-04 07:55

With his latest epic, Legend of the Demon Cat, Chen Kaige, a leading figure among "China's fifth-generation filmmakers", has revived his reputation after a decade of flops. Xu Fan reports.

Letters of profound faith, trust and belief

2018-01-04 07:47

CCTV presenter Zhu Jun will produce and host the new program Xinzhongguo that brings audiences on trips through history by narrating and describing the historical backgrounds of more than 50 letters. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Blockbuster year for China's film industry

2018-01-04 07:43

Chinese actor/director Wu Jing's film Wolf Warrior 2, documentary Twenty Two, director Feng Xiaogang's nostalgic film Youth and the Polish-English coproduction Loving Vincent are among the box-office hits of the Chinese film industry in 2017. [Photo provided to China Daily]

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