As a lackluster year for the movie industry is about to end, the spotlight is now on an upcoming fantasy epic, The Great Wall. The $150 million Sino-US coproduction, believed to be the biggest budget film shot entirely in China, is also being seen as a new way to tell a Chinese story to the world.
A symbol of Hong Kong action films, Jackie Chan is never short of death-defying stories. And in his latest film, Railroad Tigers, the 62-year-old kung fu giant again tests his limits: He gets onto a moving train to combat his enemies.
Chinese pop singer Zhang Liangying's life has been dramatic lately. In October, she announced her wedding to Feng Ke, CEO of her management company, Show City Times.
When Huang Zizhen saw a Global Forest Watch screenshot featuring the planet's forest cover, she felt sad that China's tree density appeared to be less than some of its neighboring countries.
In the summer, when rapper Vinida made her debut on Sing! China, a popular variety show aired by Zhejiang Satellite TV, the 22-year-old became a star among the country's emerging singers.
A work that embodies the spirit of craftsmanship, Havoc in Heaven is the first large pop-up book that has the much-loved Monkey King story from an ancient Chinese classic going 3-D on paper.
When Preston Estep walked into a meeting room at Tsinghua University on a recent sunny afternoon, he looked lively despite his busy travel schedule in China. Estep is the director of gerontology of Harvard's Personal Genome Project, a study being conducted by the medical school of the university.
Seagull swarms. Fantastic flowers. Wondrous wetlands.
Welcome, earthlings! To Guizhou province's Pingtang county, that is.
Ruchir Sharma insists he likes to write for the intelligent, informed reader who wants to know how the real world works.
No matter how much you think you know about the Beatles, Mark Lewisohn probably knows more.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|