Long after sunset, sweltering 40 C heat still hung over the vast, remote Gobi Desert as hot winds swept across the wilderness.
China has expanded visa-free access, offering unilateral visa-free entry to 50 countries and mutual visa exemptions with 29 countries.
British vocalist Elliot James Reay learns to balance online success with live performance and personal authenticity, Chen Nan reports.
EDINBURGH — Minutes before going on stage in Edinburgh, Han Zaifen sat before a dressing-room mirror, humming softly to herself as the final touches were put on her makeup.
Stretching along the southern section of Beijing's Central Axis, a 2.07-square-kilometer cultural cluster comes alive with young playwrights drafting scripts in hutong (alleyway) studios, acrobatic troupes staging performances of intangible cultural heritage, and a major arts center hosting its annual musical theater festival.
HEFEI — China's museums are often defined by their porcelain, calligraphy and ritual vessels. But a new exhibition in Anhui province is turning the spotlight away from traditional treasures and toward scientific endeavors of the past, showcasing jade cosmological diagrams, celestial star charts and bronze globes crafted by astronomers centuries ago.
Everything ends. A song fades. A stage goes dark. The performers leave, the audience disperses, and eventually the room falls silent.
In the square, a mythical beast inspired by the ornaments that adorn Beijing's Central Axis architecture exchanged a fist bump with a round "corn friend".
The Splendid Realm of Diligence: Art of Guan Guangzhi, an ongoing exhibition at the Art Museum of the Beijing Fine Art Academy.
The Qixi Festival was celebrated amid cultural tours, immersive exhibitions and intangible cultural heritage experiences.
On Thursday, a sharing session and book signing for Eastward Travelogue: Masters, Warlords, the Swedish Crown Prince and China in the 1920s was held during the Shanghai Book Fair.
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