Though rising wage costs and growing competition have fueled an explosive growth in China's use of industrial robots, it has been a season of disappointment for domestic firms as they continue to lag overseas manufacturers in the innovation race.
Premier Li Keqiang's recent comments on the role domestic consumption has to play in the economy are well timed as China's annual "Nov 11" 24-hour online shopping marathon is just around the corner.
After riding a growth wave fueled by exports for more than three decades, Chinese companies are gearing up for a new phase of development.
Local govt has mega-plans for more advanced equipment
It's unusual for China's big movie stars to take to the small screen. Then again, Zhou Xun is exceptional in many regards - leading CNN to dub her "China's queen of quirk" in a 2010 profile. But that's not the only thing that has surprised viewers of the TV serial in which she plays the lead.
More realistic portrayals of war are gaining ground in the broadcast battles.
Venerable Carnegie Hall joins new-media push to take classical music to more audiences, Agence France-Presse reports in New York.
Brazil's own prime-time soap operas have long appeared on African television networks from Tunisia to South Africa, but now the South American giant is importing an African soap opera for the first time.
It was a meltingly hot October day outside the East Los Angeles warehouse converted to a wrestling ring. Inside, things were about to get equally torrid.
Hollywood master animator John Lasseter says fundamental principles of art are more important than flashy technology. Wang Kaihao interviews the guru.
China's big screens have been hogged by celebrated filmmakers who are likely to chalk up a remarkable total of 30 billion yuan ($4.9 billion) at the box office this year, but the industry will still want to make room for newcomers.
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