Port city to stage Silk Road film festival

A new film festival, which seeks to promote cultural and economic exchanges between China and other countries along overland and marine routes used by Chinese traders to sell silk and porcelain abroad centuries ago, is expected to be held later this year in Fuzhou, capital city of East China's Fujian province.

Alien invasion

Aliens are invading Earth! Sound scary? Don't worry. In the upcoming animated comedy Home, the non-human characters are cute, colorful creatures driving bubbly cars.

Youku venture could usher in a new era in moviemaking

Popular online fiction is fast finding its way onto the big screen thanks to growing interest from China's online giants who are keen to become more involved in the film industry.

Cruise wows CinemaCon with look at stunts in new film

Tom Cruise revealed on Tuesday at a surprise appearance at CinemaCon in Las Vegas that he actually hung off the side of an airplane in the film Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation.

New Cannes jury to decide on May awards

Under the mango tree

Times are changing for 'lifestyle restaurant' and global brand Mango Tree. Matt Hodges visits the mothership in Bangkok as the company gets ready to open on the Chinese mainland.

Spanish chef seeks the essentials in food

Alain Devahive Tolosa is a master of molecular cuisine. The Catalan chef deconstructs and recreates ingredients like he did during his 15 years at El Bulli, which was often touted as the best restaurant in the world in its heyday. Devahive is in Tianjin through Sunday, his last stop in China after taking his Asia road show for Ritz-Carlton hotels to Shanghai and Beijing earlier this month. China Daily caught up with him in the capital last week.

A Reading Nation

As World Book Day, April 23, approaches, various reading events are being held by government agencies, libraries and bookstores throughout the capital.

Young author tells readers to 'run like a dog'

Young writer Li Zelin is so popular that his fans traveled from cities outside of Beijing, such as Baoding in Hebei province, just to be able to speak with him in person. A crowd of 150 people, mostly college students, attended an event on April 12 in the capital hosted by his publisher, Guangxi Science and Technology Publishing House.

Party drug at center of Beauman's new novel

Since his 2010 debut, novelist Ned Beauman, 29, has established a reputation for clever plots replete with memorable characters, vivid prose and some odd medical conditions.

Photos and text offer insights into Xinjiang region

In the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in northwestern China, wolves use their two rear legs to grab their tails and urinate on them.

May day is play day

May Day holiday travel is expected to be more than twice that of the recent April 4-6 Tomb Sweeping Day. Floods of visitors will land in Japan and South Korea, for example, because of favorable visa policies and a stronger yuan, a report by major Chinese online travel company Ctrip says.