Independent drama Manchester by the Sea, about a working-class American family dealing with multiple tragedies, has become an early front-runner in Hollywood's awards season as the National Board of Review named it the best film of 2016 on Tuesday.
On a soundstage no bigger than a large bedroom a cameraman takes up various angles to film a helicopter that isn't there, landing on a field that isn't there either.
Since the central government announced the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, Liu Kuanren, head of the cultural department in Shaanxi's local government, has been thinking up ways to internationally promote the heritage of his province that is located in Northwest China. This is the home of the famous Terracotta Warriors.
When the Peking Opera Festival opened on Tuesday at the Darwin Entertainment Centre, audiences in Australia got the chance to see a troupe of nearly 70 Peking Opera actors and musicians from the Jingju Theater Company of Beijing, which is on tour through Dec 1.
In 1996, Li Yugang, the first person in his hometown, a remote village in Northeast China's Jilin province, to pass the national university entrance exam, had to drop out because his family could not afford college fees.
The Great Wall is great. It lives up to its namesake. The Forbidden City is foreboding - in a good way. And the Summer Palace draws crowds in all seasons - for many reasons.
The Jiankou section of the Great Wall is undoubtedly the most precipitous part of the world wonder in Beijing.
If you are in Beijing for a short holiday, a visit to the suburbs will enhance your travel experience with its natural beauty, its historical sites and its distinctive delicacies.
Award-winning graphic designer Liu Yang tours China with her pocket series on connections, Mei Jia reports.
How Israeli Sinologist Yuri Pines got into Chinese studies is the stuff of movies: His initial understanding of China was different, but he developed an interest in Chinese philosophy while in prison near Haifa, Israel. And, his early readings on China were in Russian.
Toa Dobunshoin, founded by Meiji-era politician Konoe Atsumaro in Shanghai in 1901, was called a Japanese "educational institution for Chinese studies" but its real purpose became clear later.
Songyang does not even have a taxi. Located in Lishui, Zhejiang province, the county of 240,000 population is an exception in East China.
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