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Lockers change lives for homeless

[2016-12-30 07:01]

Everything Fabio Ferreira Silva owns fits inside one of the 12 bright-yellow lockers in front of Lisbon's riverside Santa Apolonia rail station.

Crowdfunding injects new life into ancient Peking Opera

[2016-12-30 07:17]

A Peking Opera gala featuring most of today's popular Peking Opera artists, including Li Hongtu, Zhao Baoxiu, Meng Guanglu and Tan Xiaozeng, will be staged at the Beijing Exhibition Center Theater on Tuesday.

Notable films of 2016

[2016-12-29 08:29]

China's movie industry this year may not have seen the enviable growth rate of the recent past, but the past 12 months are seen by many as a good year for quality offerings - and for diversity as well. Not in the Hollywood sense, but in the kind of fare seen on the nation's big screens. Here are the top picks by China Daily's film critic Raymond Zhou.

Will the Force be with China?

[2016-12-29 08:29]

Star Wars will return to Chinese screens in the first weekend of 2017, but the big question for the world's second-largest market may still be: How much further can the new space opera go on its expedition to collect Chinese hearts?

Actress Fisher dies at age 60

[2016-12-29 08:29]

Carrie Fisher - a daughter of Hollywood royalty who gained fame as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars and turned her struggles with addiction and mental illness into wickedly funny books, a hit film and a one-woman stage show - died on Tuesday after falling ill aboard a flight last week. She was 60.

Wartime drama spotlights Chinese hero of the Holocaust

[2016-12-29 08:29]

When Gao Mantang visited Prague, he was stunned to see tens of thousands of graves of Jewish victims who died during the Holocaust.

Music makes its mark abroad

[2016-12-28 07:14]

Chinese conductor Hong Xia had her most memorable birthday as she led the Chinese Traditional Orchestra of the China National Opera & Dance Drama Theater at the KKL (the Culture and Convention Centre) in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Tang Shiyi puts ancient poetry in motion

[2016-12-28 07:14]

She stands still, takes a deep breath, spreads her arms like wings and then thrusts them upwards. She then stares at her long sleeves as they slowly slide down her arms.

Spectacular Scandinavia

[2016-12-28 07:14]

Yu Huayun was dazzled as the northern lights flickered like colorful sparks across the sky.

Aaah: Sink neck-deep in hot mineral water in Budapest's baths

[2016-12-28 07:14]

The buzz about Budapest has been steadily building since Hungary joined the European Union in 2004. Tourists and multinational companies alike have gravitated to the city's humming core. But the former imperial capital owes at least some of its prosperity to centuries of experience with slowing down, taking a breath and sinking neck-deep into blissful relaxation.

How the railways moved fast-forward

[2016-12-28 07:14]

As the Spring Festival rush approaches, the railways are in focus again.

Language services enjoy boom despite challenges

[2016-12-28 07:14]

In the past five years, the language-service industry in China has doubled the value of its output, according to the latest report published in Beijing on Friday.

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