Peermusic, one of the world's largest independent music-publishing companies based in the United States, has signed a long-term exclusive global deal with Yang Jionghan, the first Chinese singer-songwriter that the company has signed in its 86-year history.
Organizers and participants in the 2014 New Zealand Film Festival in China, the 7th such, see the event not only as a way to strengthen trade ties and facilitate co-productions between the countries, but also as an important cultural interchange.
Reading in the cafe at Fang Suo Commune is the best antidote to the stress and fatigue of a long day at work for Lu Xiaofei.
Faced with the pressure from e-books, the publishing industry is undergoing a revolution in the way they produce paper books - upgrading the binding and layout to turn books into collector items, say booksellers and publishing industry observers.
China Daily celebrates World Book Day by talking to more than 30 celebrities and thinkers of various backgrounds about their perspectives on the power of the written word. Each public personality also recommends a favorite book.
As China's film industry rockets into the stratosphere of amazing box-office returns, the international market becomes increasingly enticing. Yet, only a fraction of its revenues come from outside China, and even that is often the result of counting in the foreign receipts of co-productions, which technically do not go to the Chinese pocket. Chinese film companies, however, are moving up the learning curve. At a Beijing International Film Festival forum, CEO of Bona Film Group Ltd Yu Dong maps out three stages that Chinese films have to take to launch a global entry.
Christopher Dodd, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, says he has no information to offer about the rumors concerning Hollywood films' importation and distribution in China, now the fastest-growing film market in the world.
"Most co-productions ... don't work," said US director Oliver Stone at the ongoing 4th Beijing International Film Festival.
IMAX has a Chinese dream for the fastest growing film market in the world.
Though it was her first time in Beijing, 17-year-old Anastasia Mistchenko from Ukraine, didn't have much time to go sightseeing.
While many Chinese parents send their children to schools abroad to avoid the pressures of an exam-oriented educational system, a growing number of foreigners is discovering the merits of Chinese education.
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