A new teen TV series evokes horrors of the nuclear disaster, Anna Malpas reports from Moscow.
People use social networking tools such as WeChat for communication, entertainment and information, but many don't realize that they can actually have classes via an app.
Britain picked up a leading six International Emmy nominations on Monday, including best actor and actress nods for Stephen Dillane and Olivia Colman for their roles as detectives in popular crime dramas.
International theme parks are eager to cash in on China's affinity for film-related attractions, the Associated Press reports.
Several cinemas across France have decided to stop showing the horror film Annabelle, after hordes of overexcited teens swarmed movie houses, creating havoc during screenings of the movie about a haunted doll.
Compared to Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami, who enjoys a wide readership in China and is a perennial favorite for the Nobel Prize for literature, the newly minted laureate Patrick Modiano seems less-known among general Chinese readers. But the French writer is held in high esteem by the literary circles, who believe that the Modiano's win is well-deserved if unexpected.
By filing a lawsuit against the Hunan provincial education and examination board, Zhang Yiyi, a controversial writer who is notorious for promoting himself, has successfully pushed himself into the limelight again.
The past summer witnessed the Ice Bucket Challenge going viral on Sina Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of the Twitter. Following in its path more recently is the Book List Challenge.
Chen Xiwo, whose works often tend to be interpreted as erotic and violent, might actually be a closet romantic, as Chitralekha Basu and Sun Li discover.
Xue Yiwei's Empty Nest tells the story of a swindled elderly woman.
Part memoir, part reflection on business life, Good Enough for the Bastards is a best-seller by Anita Krohn Traaseth, former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Norway, encouraging women to reach for the top jobs.
Young writers tell stories of their journeys of growth based on their personal experiences, Xing Yi reports.
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