For music lovers, Beijing has too many choices, from high-brow classical to underground music. But if you want to watch a ping-pong game accompanied by a concerto, you'd better attend this year's Beijing Music Festival.
Most of them dropped out of high school because of poverty. They were farmers before changing, ahem, their profession. They have appeared on TV and performed at various galas. To top it all, they have also performed on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala, the most-watched Chinese TV show. And, of course, they have made millions of people laugh. Meet the exponents of errenzhuan, a popular folk art form of Northeast China that involves singing and dancing, and is known for its humorous, improvisational and populist jokes.
Actor He Shan is a big fan of Woody Allen. He has what one can call a small collection of his movies, music and theater works. In 2013, He read a book, which had Chinese translations of three of Allen's one-act plays, Riverside Driver, Old Saybrook and Central Part West. As an acting major at the National Academy of Chinese Theater Arts, he was impressed by the humorous, insightful plays with typical New Yorkers as characters.
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc, the United States-based multinational financial services corporation, said on Tuesday it remained confident on the listing business, despite growing concerns about prospects dulling for initial public offerings globally amid uncertain market conditions.
Stock prices fell on Tuesday with trading volumes nosediving as slumping global commodity prices and growth concerns prompted heavy sell-offs.
The central government on Tuesday decided to accelerate the development of fuel-efficient new-energy vehicles to reinforce its green goals.
Chinese engineers, especially those in second-tier cities, are increasingly taking to innovation, with creativity peaking among those aged 50 and above, an industry survey said.
The Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday pulled up global tech giant Microsoft Corp and its Chinese partner in an Xbox game console venture for breaching antitrust rules, but did not impose any serious punishment after it was found that the companies did not hinder free market competition.
There was a distinct change in the makeup of the business delegation that accompanied President Xi Jinping on last week's state visit to the United States. Of the 15 Chinese companies that took part in the trip, four were major tech giants while 10 were privately owned businesses.
Bright Food (Group) Co Ltd, the Shanghai-based food giant, has completed the acquisition of Miquel Alimentacio Grup, Spain's second-largest food distributor, in a move to expand its European distribution network.
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