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Offering from popular franchise hopes to make a mark this time

[2016-08-25 08:06]

Chinese fans were screaming "Live long and prosper" as the cast of Star Trek Beyond made the iconic Vulcan hand gesture in the Indigo shopping mall nestled in downtown Beijing on Friday.

Box-office stumble

[2016-08-25 08:06]

China's box-office revenue stood at 4.5 billion yuan ($676 million) in July, down 18 percent year on year, the first decrease in five years. Why is it that this summer holiday, traditionally the high season for cinemas, has seen poor ticket takings?

Film captures a mother's struggle with Alzheimer's

[2016-08-25 08:06]

Kara Wai Ying-hung says she feels guilty about her late discovery of her mother's struggle with Alzheimer's disease.

Unease over 'old' film nominations

[2016-08-25 08:06]

Which movie will win an award at China's most influential film festival in September? It could be a film you saw back in 2014.

Set for bohemian rhapsody

[2016-08-24 07:20]

Fans in Shanghai will soon be treated to legendary rock band Queen's first show on the Chinese mainland. Chen Nan reports.

New York jazz club Blue Note opens in Beijing

[2016-08-24 07:20]

Grammy-winning saxophonist Kenny Garrett came to Beijing for the first time in 2005 to write music after being drawn to the city by a book on erhu, the traditional Chinese instrument, which he had bought in Ireland earlier.

Arctic life

[2016-08-24 07:20]

After a serene voyage highlighted by glaciers and whale sightings, Greenland's capital of Nuuk offers surprisingly civilized charms, Mike Peters discovers.

Lava from Hawaii volcano cascades into sea in vivid display

[2016-08-24 07:20]

For the first time in three years, lava from a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has crept down miles of mountainside and is dripping into the Pacific Ocean-where it's creating new land and a stunning show for visitors.

Winning effort

[2016-08-24 07:20]

With a second Chinese bagging the Hugo prize, expectations from the country's sci-fi writers are rising. Xinhua reports.

Do Not Marry Before Age 30 pitched at 'leftover' women

[2016-08-24 07:20]

Joy Chen, a former deputy mayor of Los Angeles, didn't expect to become a popular author in China. Yet she is now in the country promoting her book Do Not Marry Before Age 30.

Xue Yiwei's short stories of Shenzhen out in English

[2016-08-24 07:20]

For Montreal-based writer Xue Yiwei, the publication of the English version of his collection of short stories in Chinese is a remarkable event.

Rich symbols of ethnic culture

[2016-08-23 07:34]

Between the soaring, lush mountains in Southwest China are the villages of ethnic groups where women pass down exquisite embroidery traditions through generations. Among the many items they produce is the bei shan or baby carrier.

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