Over the years, filmgoers in China have griped that monsters portrayed in Chinese films look like those seen in Western movies. But things could be about to change.
When Gao Mantang visited Prague, he was stunned to see tens of thousands of graves of Jewish victims who died during the Holocaust.
The Star Wars franchise has been a victim of both timing and cultural expectations in China's movie market.
China's movie industry this year may not have seen the enviable growth rate of the recent past, but the past 12 months are seen by many as a good year for quality offerings-and for diversity as well.
Classical Chinese paintings and calligraphy pieces generated much interest at both auction and museums in 2016.
The highly realistic style of gongbi painting (meticulous brushwork) began to form some 2,000 years ago and created brilliance in Chinese art.
Chinese paintings and calligraphy are treasures of humanity. But keeping them in good shape both at home and abroad is a big challenge.
A new China Cultural Center was inaugurated in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, on Dec 21, with China's Ambassador to Belarus Cui Qiming, Belarusian Cultural Minister Boris Svetlov and some 300 high-profile officials and guests from both countries attending the event.
Panda poop is the special ingredient in a new kind of paper being made in Qiliang village in Northwest China's Shaanxi province.
Six students studying performing arts were awarded the first Academy Awards for Chinese Film Performing Arts on Dec 16 in Beijing.
Less than a month after winning awards — for most popular actress and directing — at Australia's International Chinese Film Festival in Sydney, the low-budget comedy Northeast Past: Po Ma Zhang Fei is making waves online.
The National Center for the Performing Arts is putting up a Mandarin version of King Lear, and this work aims to make the playwright more relevant for contemporary audiences.