Self-made billionaire Liu Yiqian didn't hesitate to purchase a million-worth of antiquities at a Beijing sale on Monday, although he has just spent $170 million on a Modigliani nude painting weeks ago.
The collector told Chinese journalists that he agreed to return the statue to China, but demanded to return it to a grand temple instead of a small temple in a village.
The 13th Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum was held in Hong Kong on Monday under this year's theme "Community wide-support: The Foundation for Vibrant and Sustainable Cultural Growth".
A gilt-bronze seated Shakyamuni Buddha figure made in 14th-century's Tibet was sold for 103.5 million yuan ($16 million).
To highlight the closing ceremony of the “Year of China” in South Africa, eight ladies from Shandong Acrobatic Troupe gave a Chinese traditional drum dance acrobatic performance in Johannesburg on Dec 4.
Photo taken on Dec 7, 2015 shows jade items unearthed at the Haihun Marquis tomb dated back to the ancient China's Western Han Dynasty(206 BC - 24 AD) in Nanchang, Jiangxi province.
The 2015 Exhibition of China Contemporary Oil Paintings opens at the Ming Gallery of Art in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, Dec 5, 2015.
An Italian photographer is showing his images of European sculptures in coastal China.
Contemporary artist Lyu Shengzhong shows how an ancient Chinese craft can be reinterpreted in modern times. Lin Qi reports.
The year 2015 saw another boom in TV drama adaptations of online literature. Despite the difficulty of adapting original works, these popular novels on the Internet were screened one by one.
Apart from contribution to the global fight against malaria, TCM also played a vital role in the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak across China in 2003.
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