The boom in China's film market has been quietly shifting from the metropolises to slightly smaller cities - smaller by Chinese standards - with a growing impact on both domestic and imported films and their financial performances.
There are invitations to dinner, and there are invitations to dinner. When one is invited to dine in Beijing with members of the Chaine des Rotisseurs, the oldest international gastronomic society, it's hard not to lick one's lips in anticipation.
Pigeon is delicate, and it takes a good chef to cook it well, especially since it can be easily overdone or undercooked. The bird is a tasty morsel, but it is hard to find good pigeon, even in the best Cantonese restaurants.
The opening of the Sheraton Shantou Hotel in Guangdong province on Nov 4 not only marked the 100th Sheraton hotel in Asia-Pacific, but also one of nearly 30 new hotels in the region this year. "The Sheraton brand's remarkable growth in fast-growing economies including China, India and Thailand, has lengthened Starwood's lead as the largest operator of high-end hotels in Asia-Pacific," says Hoyt Harper, global brand leader, Sheraton Hotels and Resorts. Sheraton is one of the business brands under Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide.
With more than 90,000 participants attending the first phase of the Canton fair, the Ritz-Carlton, Guangzhou is going all out to tout its expertise in hosting meetings and conventions to a global audience.
For people who never had the chance to see the old city of Beijing, there is now a way to travel back in time. Sculpture and Memory, an exhibition of sandalwood models of Beijing's old city walls and gates, opened in the National Museum of China on Oct 30, evoking memories of the old city.
With more than a dozen long branches on her back, pioneering Chinese dancer Wang Yabin bends over and moves slowly and gently in the practice room.
Although there are already three large-scale photography festivals in three Chinese cities, the nation's capital unveiled its first Beijing Photo Biennial on Oct 24, with an emphasis on academic and photographic communication between East and West.
Almost a decade ago, two French art-lovers discovered a new world of music independent of each other.
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