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Jaycee Chan receives six months sentence

[2015-01-09 10:12]

Jaycee Chan, son of kung fu superstar Jackie Chan, has been sentenced to six months in prison and fined two thousand yuan ($322) for helping others use illegal substances in Beijing.

Huang Yue and his vibrant paintings

[2015-01-09 09:13]

Traditionally, Chinese artists use ink paintings to express the beauty of flowers and birds, but artist Huang Yue has carried that tradition on with a Western style of oil painting.

Gong Li plumps up seductress in new film

[2015-01-08 08:15]

As an evil enchantress in Chinese literature, White Skeleton Demon is depicted as a skinny, young beauty in the classic book Journey to the West. But this time she is given an unconventional screen image.

Making a clean breast of it

[2015-01-08 07:26]

The buzz over the cuts of the actresses' corseted cleavages in the TV drama The Saga of Wu Zetian has also attracted attention abroad. It has experts debating the issue.

What did Empress Wu Zetian look like?

[2015-01-07 11:16]

The TV drama The Empress of China recently became hot among audiences recently. But what did Wu Zetian, China's only female monarch, look like in real life? Let's explore the possibilities.

Path to inner calm

[2015-01-07 07:24]

Although fictional in nature, novels of Zhao Defa tend to be nonfictional approaches to traditional Chinese values that face numerous challenges in modern society.

Year of the Sheep stamps sell

[2015-01-06 10:58]

A post office employee shows a set of Yiwei Year special stamps for the Year of the Sheep in Yinchuan, capital of Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Jan 5, 2015.

More to travel overseas for Spring Festival

[2015-01-05 11:20]

About 60% of Chinese who plan to spend the Spring Festival holiday on a trip will go to overseas destinations, according to Beijing Daily. Compared with overseas trips, domestic routes receive less attention.

Chopsticks seek Shanghai honor

[2015-01-05 10:34]

Chopsticks have enjoyed more than 3,000 years of history in China and have deeply influenced Chinese life in terms of etiquette, cuisine and living philosophy.

Chinese art's priciest works in 2014

[2015-01-05 07:00]

Contemporary and modern Chinese paintings have always been hot properties in the art market. Let's review each master's most expensive works in 2014.

Chinese theater in the spotlight

[2015-01-05 07:23]

Chinese theater has seen uneven development in recent decades as live performances are concentrated in bigger cities and touring companies disappear from small towns and rural areas.

President Xi's books sell in Taiwan

[2015-01-04 09:22]

Chinese President Xi Jinping's latest book is gaining popularity in Taiwan, where works by leaders of the Communist Party of China were once banned.

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