For the last few years, the weeklong Spring Festival holiday has been a lifeline for China's suffering movie market.
In the late 1990s, it would be hard to imagine Alec Su behind a camera. Then, the Taiwan star, who shot to fame with the band Little Tigers, was a heartthrob thanks to the hit television series My Fair Princess.
A new television drama based on the true story of a Chinese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during World War II is the first attempt to publicize this little-known piece of history, but it has drawn mixed reviews from both critics and regular viewers, and from those with intimate knowledge of the historical events.
Ho Feng Shan issued thousands of end-destination visas to Shanghai, as Jews needed to show proof of emigration to leave Germany and Austria. The 1937 Japanese occupation had left Shanghai harbor unmanned, without passport control or immigration procedures, and anyone could land without papers, according to Ho Manli, his daughter.
This has always been the case with television. And now, among the nearly 500 scripted series overwhelming the viewer, TV reboots aren't going away.
While most people look forward to family reunions during Spring Festival in China, some young Chinese prefer to give the gatherings a miss in order to avoid any talk of marriage.
Luo Aiping's new book that came out just before the Spring Festival is timely. That's because many unwed adults face the greatest pressure to get married from their parents during the annual family-reunion period.
Wang Shuguo, president of Xi'an Jiaotong University, is eager to embrace the "double first-class" strategy on China's higher education system - to develop world-class universities and first-class disciplines.
BYD's electric-powered buses will make the University of California, Irvine, the first college campus in the United States to convert its traditional diesel-powered buses to an all-electric transit fleet, according to the university.
Valentine's Day is all about focus, bringing an intimate attention to every little thing: the card, the flowers, the gazes, the meal. Individual desserts are made for such moments.
Move over Friendsgiving. Galentine's Day is on the way.
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