As demand for special effects for films and TV grows, Chinese studios gear up to give viewers a better experience, Xu Fan reports.
Hong Kong commercial film director Wong Jing is known for his close ties to a certain market. When he announced in Beijing on Tuesday that he will cooperate with online-video giant iQiyi for his upcoming sci-fi film, his message was clear: Forget about general interest. This is a film only for young netizens.
In 1974, Frenchman Philippe Petit walked illegally on a high wire strung between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York.
China's lucrative market has become a great attraction for filmmakers around the world in recent years. But domestic talent is now looking overseas: So can Chinese-language movies make their presence felt abroad?
Liu Xiao Ling Tong entered the hearts of TV viewers 30 years ago as the Monkey King. But he may not be done yet. He wants to reprise his role in a new film version, and make another classic. Wang Kaihao reports.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra wowed audiences in Beijing this week. Conductor Riccardo Muti tells Chen Jie what he brings to the 125-year-old CSO.
As an early afternoon rehearsal in a vast studio at the National Center for the Performing Arts gets underway, a tall, gray-haired man shows up, grabbing everyone's attention. The man, wearing a bright yellow scarf, sits down and then addresses the assembled actors.
As more Chinese names make it onto the global rich list, luxury tourism packages are proving more popular.
A record number of Chinese will spend the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday overseas, while both snow bunnies and snowbirds are flocking to domestic destinations to ring in the Year of the Monkey. Yang Feiyue reports.
Heritage of 20 Ancient Villages is an attempt to make people aware of the need to preserve some of the country's most significant rural locations. Yang Yang reports.
People behind dictionaries attracted rare media attention in 2013 after The Great Passage, a Japanese film, competed for the Academy Awards that year as a contestant in the best foreign-language film category.
An art school attempts to revive appreciation of the folk crafts that once thrived on the banks of the Yangtze. Wang Kaihao reports in Hangzhou.
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