The World Heritage Committee has inscribed a total of 34 properties on UNESCO's World Heritage List during its extended 44th session, as the transnational property of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment) was added to the list on Friday, closing this year's inscription agenda.
In the crowded theater where even the aisles were full, there was one empty seat in the center with a bouquet placed on it. The theater in eastern Beijing was the venue of late Hong Kong director Benny Chan's last film Raging Fire's premiere.
A nature reserve in Chongqing was included as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Wednesday during the ongoing 44th session of the World Heritage Committee in Fuzhou, Fujian province.
Bobby Orillaneda, a senior researcher at the Philippine National Museum of Anthropology, fell in love with ancient Chinese ceramics in 1999 when he joined a shipwreck excavation in Palawan, an archipelagic province in the Southeast Asian country.
More than 1,200 photos and videos are on show at Xibei, a photography exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan, in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, which shows the changes in the imagery of Northwest China since the late 19th century. The bulk of the images on show are for public viewing for the first time.
Quanzhou has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, marking the end of a long-awaited process. Preparation of the city's bid for World Heritage status was launched in 2001.
Development of Quanzhou and its growth into a hub of maritime trade
22 sites included in "Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China", a new entry to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The legacy of Quanzhou, Fujian province, now recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage, testifies to how authorities and society together established a commercial maritime hub, Wang Kaihao reports.
The internationally-renowned pianist uses his talents to not only bring Western music to China, but also promote Chinese folk music abroad by combining it with piano.
Music students attracted to the sounds of ancient China
The exhibition attracted more than 60 artists and art crews from seven countries, including China, the US and Germany, and gathered 55 well-known digital art works from at home and abroad.
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