These days it takes only a pair of smart glasses to transport someone to a world where reality and fantasy merge. Technically, the process of augmenting reality is achieved with software's help.
From Mark Ruffalo showing off his Mandarin skills to the plot's generous Chinese content, it appears that Now You See Me 2 is the latest Hollywood tentpole aiming to please China, now the world's most lucrative movie market.
It's only a matter of time before China overtakes the United States to top the world's movie market, in terms of box-office returns, says 20th Century Fox's China office head.
"When you work hard, you will get lucky. When you are brave, you will be capable of change."
The forgetful blue fish of Finding Dory is box office gold.
Before a long take, which required 200 people to simultaneously move in a pre-determined way for a few minutes, Johnnie To ignited incense sticks and prayed to the gods.
Coloring books are taking on a new role as museums try to popularize historical relics through giving them a place in people's lives. Yang Yang reports.
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Albert Tsui - a fourth-generation descendant of a mainland immigrant family - has recently published a book to offer mainland readers a glimpse of the real life and thoughts of a Hongkonger from a grassroots point of view.
More Chinese parents are planning trips to cater to kids, especially as the semester break begins. Yang Feiyue examines the trend.
The realities of China's theme parks may soon undergo a virtual transformation - in every sense.
More books from the country are arriving on shelves overseas, as the China Book International project launched a decade ago comes of age. Mei Jia reports.
Last fall Hogarth Press published the first in a series of novels by contemporary writers re-imagining Shakespeare's plays on the 400th anniversary of his death. So far we've had Jeanette Winterson's The Gap of Time: The Winter's Tale Retold and Howard Jacobson's Shylock Is My Name, an interpretation of The Merchant of Venice.
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