About 14 years ago, trumpet player Chen Weilun came to Beijing and worked for a TV production company. His early works took him to remote parts of the country to record music.
The pairing of Ang Lee and Feng Xiaogang did not start this season when Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and I Am Not Madame Bovary premiered in China one week apart and both directors shared a promotional event at Tsinghua University.
Harry Potter's magical world never seemed so close to China as it does today.
German director Florian Gallenberger was angry when he heard about Colonia Dignidad, a notorious settlement in Chile. It was 1981 and he was 9 years old.
What can one expect when three Oscar winners join hands for a Chinese film? Perhaps, a company in Hangzhou, the capital of East China's Zhejiang province, has the answer.
Alexandra Zapruder was not born when her grandfather trained his home-movie camera on President John F. Kennedy's motorcade rolling through downtown Dallas 53 years ago, but that 26-second film has become a difficult family legacy.
A dance festival that started on Oct 9 and runs through Dec 11, is in full swing at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing. It has been held annually for several years now and is surprisingly popular, says Jiang Dong, despite research showing dance generally trailing concerts and theater in attendance at the iconic egg-shaped venue.
Laura Fygi is no stranger to China. The Dutch singer cannot remember how many times she has performed concerts, galas and at private events here over the past 18 years.
Octopuses can slither out of tanks, slink into others to gobble fish and squish back into their own, pulling the lid closed behind them - humans none the wiser, until they review surveillance footage.
While walking is a popular exercise for many people nowadays, it can be a real challenge for forest ranger Zhang Youguang, who has consistently walked 6 kilometers on mountainous roads daily for 43 years.
Chris Mullin says encountering China for the first time changed his life.
Gu Mengjie is helping to popularize Western painters in China by using humor and anecdotes.
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