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Singers and bands from Thirteen Month Records return to the capital after treating fans to a three-day music festival on Golden Beach in Shandong province's Qingdao city last weekend.
Film's champion underdog
Over the past decade, mainland actor Huang Bo has acquired a dedicated following in China by portraying apparent low lives.
Beijing:Priceless plates
Nearly 300 porcelain works, excavated from the Maojiawan site in the heart of Beijing, are being exhibited at the Beijing Art Museum.
Coffee week brewing
Shanghai Jing'an Coffe Cultural Week opens on Leisure Street, Wujiang Lu, from Sept 13 to Sept 17.
Ancient textile town goes from rags to artistic riches
Dating back over 2,000 years to the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the western suburb of Songjiang stands as one of the highlights of Shanghai's ancient history.
Tourism parade to shine spotlight on Songjiang
"It's time to shift the emphasis of our development to the service industries and improve people's quality of life."
Shanghai:Movie reel
The movie caught the eye of the judges at this year's Sundance Film Festival and opened at cinemas across Shanghai yesterday.
Disco beach
Several dozen people clutch plastic bags as they dance furiously to blatting techno on the beach near Changsha port in Jiangsu province's Nantong city.
City with a yen for yan
In 199 BC, the Han Dynasty's central government believed the land on which Jiangsu province's Yancheng city is built was - in the truest sense of the term - worth its salt.
Lasting influence
The history of ancient Rome and the Qin and Han dynasties (221 BC-AD 220) shared similarities and produced civilizations that influenced human development for centuries.