A national comprehensive research program, launched in 2002, to trace the origins of Chinese civilization, has led to the excavations and studies of key sites that are about 3,500 to 5,500 years old. It has revealed a host of secrets about ancient China, including how early civilizations were formed and how they merged to create unity in diversity.
An unprecedented joint exhibition on the works of two prominent Chinese artists of the 20th century — Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) and Qi Baishi (1864-1957) — is now on at the Long Museum in Shanghai.
On a sultry summer night in late July 2018, scriptwriter Qin Haiyan walked into her studio in eastern Beijing, which shares a floor with the company of renowned director Lu Yang. In the hours that followed, she was utterly captivated by a former Chinese diplomat's recollection of his years working in Arabic-speaking countries.
Yang Xiuyun, 72, is enthusiastic about running. A 10-kilometer run in the morning is as important to her as the first meal of the day.
Since it premiered in July, Go For Happiness, a reality show on Hunan province-based Mango TV, has seen unexpected success. The show has become popular, especially at a time when reality TV is trying to catch eyeballs by bringing in major celebrities, young pop idols, or heavily relying on big-budget productions.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, the Japanese branch of the Chinese Literature Readers' Club was launched at the end of September at the China Cultural Center in Tokyo.
An Egyptian girl plays music on oud, an ancient Arabic musical instrument, at the Arabic Oud House in a historical area of Cairo. The piece she is playing is the Chinese folk song Molihua (Jasmine Flower), which is usually played on pipa, a traditional Chinese instrument.
City's progress and traditions given unique treatment with an innovative style in documentary, Li Yingxue reports.
English writer Charles Dickens created some of the most famous fictional figures in world literature, such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Miss Havisham and Ebeneezer Scrooge, and more than 150 years after his death in 1870, his work remains as popular as ever.
New film shows Mongolian families willingly reach out to orphans buffeted by winds of fate, Xu Fan reports.
Cao Guiyuan has had a busy harvest season on her peach plantation in Central China's Hubei province.
As Xia Yuanfang strolled along the Songhua River with her family, she was glad of the mild northern weather, a welcome change from the hot, humid environment of her hometown in Guangdong province. "It's cool here in summer. It's comfortable drinking beer and listening to music," says Xia, who took a river tour in Harbin, capital of China's northernmost Heilongjiang province.
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