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[2017-05-05 06:42]

Sun Bangli's fame has been growing over the past two decades. Some items made in his factory were included in gifts to Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov during President Xi Jinping's visit to that country in 2014.

Soprano to sing French art songs in Chinese cities

[2017-05-05 06:42]

More than a decade ago, soprano Zhang Liping became the first Chinese-born singer to play a lead role with the New York Metropolitan Opera in Giacomo Puccini's Madame Butterfly.

US circus squad aims to keep inner city teens off the streets

[2017-05-05 06:42]

TRENTON, New Jersey - A group of would-be circus performers in New Jersey's capital city are using unicycles, acrobatics and spinning plates to bridge the divide between poverty and privilege.

Breaking out of the mold

[2017-05-04 06:53]

Thanks to hits such as The Great Hypnotist and Miss Granny, Leste Chen is one of the most commercially successful Taiwan directors in the Chinese mainland market.

New Smurfs cartoon film makes a splash in China

[2017-05-04 06:53]

Nearly 60 years after the Smurfs first appeared in a European magazine, a new animated feature has brought the blue-skin humanoids back to the big screen.

Views of the grassland

[2017-05-04 06:53]

"Maybe I'm no better than other directors in many ways, but I was born and raised in a herders' family, and as a herder, I know how to deal with animals in the Mongolian grasslands, and that is very important in this series," says Bayaneruul, director of In the Steppes, a 20-episode TV drama in Mongolian, which goes on air in August.

Famous Chinese novels coming as comic series online

[2017-05-04 06:53]

One of China's most influential authors, Louis Cha, who is better known by his pen name Jin Yong, will see all his 15 martial arts novels adapted into online comic series.

New Alien film scarier

[2017-05-04 06:53]

PARIS - Alien creator Ridley Scott says he was convinced that there are aliens out there - and one day they will come for us.

Walls to save

[2017-05-03 07:03]

Li Xiaoyang is 28 years old, but he says he's been submerged in fresco restoration for more than 20 years, thanks to his family.

Book list challenges kids to read more

[2017-05-03 07:03]

A slew of activities were held in Beijing to celebrate World Book Day in April. Some focused on helping children form a reading habit.

Attempt to protect marble crafting

[2017-05-03 07:03]

ATHENS - Wielding chisels and hammers, several children were fascinated by carving marble the way real craftsmen do in an outdoor workshop at the local Technopolis Cultural Center.

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