The disappointing box office performance of epic drama "The Crossing: Part 1" is a sign of the growing influence of a younger group of filmgoers in China.
The China Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Yu Long and star soloists, including pianist Lang Lang and soprano Lei Jia, will embrace the Silk Road in concert next week.
The number of museums registered in China has reached 4,165, which doubled in the past 10 years, according to new figures. There are 300 new state-owned museums and 276 new private museums.
Foreigners who can recite five famous quotes of Confucius will be given free tours to his birthplace, according to a new policy by China's Qufu city aimed at promoting the wisdom of the ancient philosopher.
Gone With the Bullets has nothing to do with Gone With the Wind, but a lot to do with Let the Bullets Fly, Jiang Wen's previous film. They both share a style that can only be described as flamboyant and giddy.
The English magazine The Economist announced the best books of the year with Chinese writer Mai Jia's novel, Decoded, on the list. Mai Jia's Decoded was listed in the fiction category.
As the world's largest tobacco products producer and consumer, one out of every three cigarettes consumed worldwide is smoked in China. In total, the country has more than 300 million regular smokers.
The rising number of Chinese students going abroad and returning to settle in the motherland has inspired a new 37-episode TV series, The Children Came Home, which may be the first of its kind.
Idili silk has been worn by people in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region for nearly 3,000 years. But for those outside of the region, the fabric was largely unknown until a recent fashion show in Beijing.
There were too many things that happened in 2014 and some left us wonderful memories. Here we select from them some of the hottest news to present a retrospect of the past year.
As Christmas steeps even more deeply in the Chinese society, it has also undergone some changes and deviated from how it’s usually spent in the West. Here are some major differences.
Jiang Wen keeps astounding an audience that seems to show a growing aversion for surprises. Jiang's movies are invariably dense and rich with multiple strands and layers.
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