Fans play a special role in pop culture and the entertainment industry. Not only do they spend heavily on their idols and evangelize for them, fans often assume the positions of attackers and defenders as if in a blood sport.
A year after host Neil Patrick Harris quipped that the Oscars were honoring Hollywood's "best and whitest", the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled yet another all-white slate of acting nominees on Thursday, prompting a dismayed revival of the "OscarsSoWhite" hashtag.
More outbound Chinese are melding medical care with traditional tourism, Yang Feiyue reports.
Britain's new two-year visitor visas for Chinese nationals was launched on Jan 11, the British Home Office announced Wednesday.
The practice known as hand-tapping has almost faded away
The most polluted US nuclear weapons production site is now the newest national park.
After spending years in the West with reputable jewelry houses, a designer returns to his roots in more ways than one. Sun Yuanqing reports.
If fashion weeks point to trends for the next season, then fabric makers point even further.
A Bite of China film crew captures Spring Festival fare around the country, Liu Zhihua reports.
Beneath the giant red sign illuminating the Asian Garden Mall in Southern California, slabs of jumbo white squid are seared on a smoky grill. Nearby, children pluck fried potato slices off a stick and couples dance to Vietnamese ballads.
Young artists aim to boost appeal of Peking Opera with veterans showing the way, Chen Nan reports.
After adjusting a stool to reach the grand piano in front of her, 8-year-old Wang Keyi takes a deep breath, sets her hands on the keyboard and starts to play the instrument. Swiftly and gracefully she performs to much applause from an audience in the thousands at the city's Ningbo Grand Theater.
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